'Non-Violence: A Style of Politics for Peace' is theme
for World Day of Peace
«Non-Violence: A Style
of Politics for Peace». This
is the title of the Message for the 50th World Day of Peace,
the fourth of Pope Francis.
Violence and Peace are at the
origin of two opposite ways to building society.
The proliferation of hotbeds
of violence produces most serious negative social consequences. The Holy Father
sums up this situation in the expression: “A Third World War in Pieces”. Peace,
by contrast, promotes social positive consequences and it allows the
achievement of real progress. Therefore, we should act within what is possible,
and negotiate ways of peace even where they seem tortuous and impractical.
Thus, non-violence can acquire a more comprehensive and new
meaning. It will not only consist of desire, of moral rejection of violence,
barriers, destructive impulses, but also of a realistic political method that
gives rise to hope.
Such a political method is
based on the primacy of law. If the rights and the equal dignity of every
person are safeguarded without any discrimination and distinction, then
non-violence, understood as a political method, can constitute a realistic way
to overcome arm conflicts. In this perspective, it becomes important to
increasingly recognize not the right of force but the force of right.
With this Message,
Pope Francis wants to show a further step, a path of hope, appropriate to
today’s historical circumstances. In this way, the settlement of disputes may
be reached through negotiation without then degenerating into armed conflict.
Within such a perspective the culture and identity of Peoples are respected and
the opinion that some are morally superior to others is overcome.
At the same time, however, it
does not mean that one Nation can remain indifferent to the tragedies of
another. Rather it means a recognition of the primacy of diplomacy over the
noise of arms.
Arms trade is so widespread
that it is generally underestimated. Illegal arms trafficking supports not a
few world’s conflicts. Non-violence as a political style can
and must do much to stem this scourge.
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The World Peace Day initiated
by Paul VI is celebrated each year on the first day of January. The Holy
Father's Message is sent to all Foreign Ministries of the world and it
indicates the diplomatic concerns of the Holy See during the coming year.
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