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War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future.

War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future.

Pope John Paul II
War, Past, Catholic
Pope John Paul II (1987). “Pope John Paul II, Pilgrim of Peace”, Random House Value Pub

Today, the scale and horror of modern warfare - whether nuclear or not - makes it totally unacceptable as a means of settling differences between nations. War should belong to the tragic past, to history; it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future.

Pope John Paul II
War, Mean, Past
Pope John Paul II (1987). “Pope John Paul II, Pilgrim of Peace”, Random House Value Pub

War is a defeat for humanity.

Pope John Paul II
Peace, War, Humanity
Message for the celebration of XXXIII World Day of Peace, w2.vatican.va. December 8, 1999.

Never again war! Never again hatred and intolerance!

Pope John Paul II
War, Hatred, Intolerance
Pope John Paul II's Address on arrival at the Sarajevo Airport, during his apostolic journey to Bosnia-Herzegovina, w2.vatican.va. April 12, 1997.

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

Pope John Paul II
Peace, War, Men

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it.

Pope John Paul II
Pain, War, Should Have

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.

Pope John Paul II
Peace, War, Humanity

Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith.

Pope John Paul II
War, Catholic, Absence

Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.

Pope John Paul II
Peace, War, Problem
Message on the World Day of Peace, w2.vatican.va. December 08, 1999.

Condemning class struggle does not mean condemning every possible form of social conflict. Such conflicts inevitably arise and Christians must often take a position in the "struggle for social justice." What is condemned is "total war," which has no respect for the dignity of others (and consequently of oneself). It excludes reasonable compromise, does not pursue the common good but the good of a group, and sets out to destroy whatever stands in its way.

Pope John Paul II
Christian, Peace, War

With the persistence of tensions and conflicts in various parts of the world, the international community must never forget what happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as a warning and in incentive to develop truly effective and peaceful means of settling tensions and disputes. Fifty years after the Second World War, the leaders of nations cannot become complacent but rather should renew their commitment to disarmament and to the banishment of all nuclear weapons.

Pope John Paul II
Religious, War, Commitment

If development is the new name for peace, war and preparations for war are the major enemy of the healthy development of peoples. If we take the common good of all humanity as our norm, instead of individual greed, peace would be possible.

Pope John Paul II
Peace, War, Ubuntu

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