Peace must be built on the basis of justice in a world where the personal and social consequences of

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Peace must be built on the basis of justice in a
world where the personal and social consequences
of sin are evident.
United States Catholic Bishops, The Challenge of
Peace
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Peace is not merely the absence of war. Peace
results from that harmony built into human
society by its divine founder, and actualized by
men as they thirst after ever greater justice.
Second Vatican Council, The Church in the Modern
World
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To wage war on misery and to struggle against
injustice is to promote, along with improved
conditions, the human and spiritual progress of
all men, and therefore the common good of
humanity.
Pope Paul VI, On the Development of Peoples
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The human person is the clearest reflection of
God's presence in the world all of the Church's
work in pursuit of both justice and peace is
designed to protect and promote the dignity of
every person. For each person not only reflects
God, but is the expression of God's creative work
and the meaning of Christ's redemptive ministry.
United States Catholic Bishops, The Challenge of
Peace
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As Catholics, we must come together with a common
conviction that we can no longer tolerate the
moral scandal of poverty in our land and so much
hunger and deprivation in our world.
United States Catholic Bishops, A Place at the
Table
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If you want peace, work for justice.
Pope Paul VI
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One day we must come to see that peace is not
merely a distant goal that we seek, but that it
is a means by which we arrive at that goal.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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True reconciliation is never cheap, for it is
based on forgiveness which is costly. Forgiveness
in turn depends on repentance, which has to be
based on an acknowledgment of what was done
wrong, and therefore on disclosure of the truth.
You cannot forgive what you do not know.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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Peace can only last where human rights are
respected, where people are fed, and where
individuals and nations are free.
The XIVth Dalai Lama
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Peace is not the product of terror or fear.
Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace
is not the silent revolt of violent repression.
Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of
all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace
is generosity. It is right and it is duty.
Bishop Oscar Romero
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I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty
and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you
welcomed me.
Matthew 2535
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If we take the common good of all humanity as our
norm, instead of individual greed, peace would be
possible.
Pope John Paul II, On Social Concern
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How good it is, how pleasant, where the people
dwell as one!
Psalm 1331
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We live the Gospel of life when we live in
solidarity with the poor of the world, standing
up for their lives and dignity.
United States Catholic Bishops, Living the Gospel
of Life
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May the God of endurance and encouragement grant
you to think in harmony with one another, in
keeping with Christ Jesus, so that with one
accord you may with one voice glorify the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 155-6