"The
effectiveness of commitment to peace depends on the concept that the
world has of human life. If we want peace, we must defend life. This
logic not only disqualifies war and terrorist acts but also any attempt
on the life of the human being, a creature loved by God. The
indifference or denial of what constitutes the true nature of man does
not respect this grammar is the natural law inscribed on the human
heart.
...
The
task of education is to guide the maturation of the ability to make
choices free and fair, that may go against prevailing opinions,
fashions, political and religious ideologies. This is the price of the
development of a culture of peace. Obviously, we must banish verbal or
physical violence. This is always an attack on human dignity, both
culprit and victim."
...
Believers
today have an essential role of witness to the peace that comes from
God and is a gift that is given to all the personal, family, social,
political and economic life. You can not allow that evil to triumph by
the passivity of good men. It would be worse to do nothing."
Benedict XVI, meeting with political leaders and civilians, Lebanon, 15 September 2012.
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