Promotion of Peace and Disarmament/Participation/Global Solidarity and Development

Promotion of Peace and Disarmament
Catholic teaching promotes peace as a positive, action-oriented concept. In the words of Pope John Paul II, "Peace is not just the absence of war. It involves mutual respect and confidence between peoples and nations. It involves collaboration and binding agreements.” There is a close relationship in Catholic teaching between peace and justice. Peace is the fruit of justice and is dependent upon right order among human beings.

Participation
All people have a right to participate in the economic, political, and cultural life of society. It is a fundamental demand of justice and a requirement for human dignity that all people be assured a minimum level of participation in the community. It is wrong for a person or a group to be excluded unfairly or to be unable to participate in society

Global Solidarity and Development
We are one human family. Our responsibilities to each other cross national, racial, economic and ideological differences. We are called to work globally for justice. Authentic development must be full human development. It must respect and promote personal, social, economic, and political rights, including the rights of nations and of peoples. It must avoid the extremists of underdevelopment on the one hand, and "superdevelopment" on the other.

Questions:
1. What is the Catholic teaching regarding the requirement to maintaining peace?
The catholic teaching regarding the requirements to maintaining peace is that peace is the fruit of justice and is dependent upon order among human beings. To maintain peace everyone has to understand the mutual respect and confidence between people and nations. It also involves collaboration and binding agreements
2. Why is it wrong to exclude people from participating in society?
It is wrong to exclude people from participating in society as it is a requirement of human dignity and a fundamental demand of justice.
3. What are our global responsibilities to each other?
Our global responsibilities to each other are to work globally for justice. We must respect and promote personal, social, economic, and political rights, including the rights of nations and their people.