If You Believe In Peace It Is

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. Peace Cannot Be Limited To A Mere Absence Of War, The Result Of An Ever Precarious Balance Of Forces. No, Peace Is Something That Is Built Up Day After Day, In The Pursuit Of An Order Intended By God, Which Implies A More Perfect Form Of Justice Among Men.

Without Repeating Everything That We Have Already Mentioned, It Is Appropriate First Of All To Emphasize The Following Point: For The Church, The First Means Of Evangelization Is The Witness Of An Authentically Christian Life, Given Over To God In A Communion That Nothing Should Destroy And At The Same Time Given To One's Neighbor With Limitless Zeal. As We Said Recently To A Group Of Lay People, “modern Man Listens More Willingly To Witnesses Than To Teachers, And If He Does Listen To Teachers, It Is Because They Are Witnesses.

If You Believe In Peace It Is Possible. If It Is Possible It Is A Duty.

In Youth The Days Are Short And The Years Are Long. In Old Age The Years Are Short And Day's Long.

The Freedom Or Immunity From Coercion In Matters Religious, Which Is The Endowment Of Persons As Individuals, Is Also To Be Recognized As Their Right When They Act In Community. Religious Communities Are A Requirement Of The Social Nature Both Of Man And Of Religion Itself.