Is Peace Possible?

"No true peace can exist if there is not a serious and decisive commitment to practice social justice."

"Today more than ever before mankind needs Christ, the Prince of Peace: the hearts of men are thirsting for his peace."

"Have the courage of peace."

"With God nothing is impossible! What is especially possible is conversion, which can change hatred into love and war into peace."

"Have the courage of peace."

"Peace is possible! It is possible because man has a conscience and a heart. It is possible because God loves each one of us, just as each one is, so as to transform and make him or her grow."

"Peace remains the greatest challenge of our time. It is good to be tenaciously defended and promoted, through the generous collaboration of every person of goodwill. It must be born in the intimacy of hearts and minds before reaching diplomatic and political quarters."

"It is in the family that man learn the secret of peace, experiencing the warmth of acceptance and day after day practicing the discipline of the emotions, in the effort for tolerance, in the commitment to communion. This is why those who work for the family, work for peace!"

"One question profoundly challenges our responsibility: what kind of civilization will prevail in the world’s future? Whether it will be civilization of love as Paul VI liked to describe it, or the civilization which could more aptly be called the ‘uncivilization’—of individualism, utilitarianism, opposing interests, heightened nationalism and systematic selfishness—depends on us."

"Christ is our peace. It is he who has reconciled us to the Father; it is he who has made peace between men of every age and God."

"Christianity is the religion of universal peace. Its mission is to unite people in Christ, making them aware of being brothers and sisters to each other, because in him they are the adopted children of the one Father who is in heaven."

"May Christ be our true peace and suggest to us those deeds that really serve it."

"The Church is called to be of one heart and mind in a deep communion of faith, prayer and solidarity, in order to oppose everything negative in the world, and in a special way, to oppose tensions, misunderstandings, conflicts and wars."

"No true peace can exist if there is not a serious and decisive commitment to practice social justice."