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"Catholic Social Thought": THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE CHURCH TO PEACE

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THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE CHURCH TO PEACE

  • 516.
    • “The promotion of peace in the world is an integral part of the Church’s mission of continuing Christ’s work of redemption on earth.”
      • John Paul II, Message for the 2000 World Day of Peace, 20: AAS 92 (2000), 369.
      • John Paul II, Message for the 1988 World Day of Peace, 3: AAS 80 (1988), 282-284.
      • John Paul II, Message for the 2004 World Day of Peace, 9: AAS 96 (2004), 120.
  • 517.
    • “The Church teaches that true peace is made possible only through forgiveness and reconciliation.”
      • John Paul II, Message for the 2002 World Day of Peace, 9: AAS 94 (2002), 136-137.
      • John Paul II, Message for the 2004 World Day of Peace, 10: AAS 96 (2004), 121.
      • John Paul II, Letter on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War (27 August 1989), 2: L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 4 September 1989, p. 1.
      • John Paul II, Message for the 1997 World Day of Peace, 3 and 4: AAS 89 (1997), 193.
  • 518.
    • “Mutual forgiveness must not eliminate the need for justice and still less does it block the path that leads to truth.  On the contrary, justice and truth represent the concrete requisites for reconciliation.”
      • Pius XII, Address to the Sixth International Congress on Criminal Law (3 October 1953): AAS 65 (1953), 730-744.
      • John Paul II, Address to the Diplomatic Corps (13 January 1997), 4: L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 15 January 1997, p. 7.
      • John Paul II, Message for the 1999 World Day of Peace, 7: AAS 91 (1999), 382.
      • John Paul II, Message for the 1997 World Day of Peace, 3, 4, 6: AAS 89 (1997), 193, 196-197.
      • John Paul II, Message for the 1999 World Day of Peace, 11: AAS 91 (1999), 385.
  • 519.
    • “It is through prayer that the Church engages in the battle for peace.”
      • John Paul II, Message for the 1992 World Day of Peace, 4: AAS 84 (1992), 323-324.
      • Paul VI, Message for the 1968 World Day of Peace: AAS 59 (1967), 1098.
      • Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium, 10: AAS 56 (1964), 102.
      • Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Constitution Lumen Gentium, 11: AAS 57 (1965), 15.
  • 520.
    • “The World Days of Peace are particularly intense moments of prayer for peace and for the commitment to build a world of peace.”
      • Paul VI, Message for the 1968 World Day of Peace: AAS 59 (1967), 1100.
      • Paul VI, Message for the 1976 World Day of Peace: AAS 67 (1975), 671.

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