“The modern woman will note with pleasant surprise that Mary of Nazareth, while being completely devoted to the will of God, was far from being a timidly submissive woman or one whose piety was repellent to others. On the contrary, she was a woman who did not hesitate to proclaim that God vindicates the humble and the oppressed and removes the powerful people of this world from their privileged positions. (Marialis Cultus)” WomenJusticePrivilegePietyVirgin MaryPaul Vi Author:Pope Paul VI
“Justice is not always an open and shut case - sometimes we have to work for it. If you want peace, you must work for justice.” IfsWantInspirationalSometimesJusticeCases Author:Pope Paul VI
“If the world is made to furnish each individual with the means of livelihood and the instruments for his growth and progress, each man has therefore the right to find in the world what is necessary for himself. The recent Council reminded us of this: "God intended the earth and all that it contains for the use of every human being and people. Thus, as all men follow justice and unite in charity, created goods should abound for them on a reasonable basis."” PeopleIfsMenWorldShouldHumansMeanMadeUseEarthPoliticsIndividualGrowthJusticeHuman BeingsEconomyProgressBasesInstrumentsCharityLiberalismReasonableGoodsCouncilLivelihood Author:Pope Paul VI
“If you want peace, work for justice.” IfsWantWisdomTruthPeaceJusticeSocial JusticeUbuntuPeace And JusticePeacemakingBeing At PeacePeace JusticeRacial JusticeEquality And JusticeLaw And JusticeAmerican JusticeEqual JusticeJustice EqualityPeace Sign Book:Christian Values and Virtues Source: Christian Values and Virtues
“Peace is not merely the absence of war. Nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power between enemies. Nor is it brought about by dictatorship. Instead, it is rightly and appropriately called "an enterprise of justice" (Is. 32:7). Peace results from that order structured into human society by its divine founder, and actualized by men as they thirst after ever greater justice.” MenHumansWarPeaceJusticeResultsEnemyGreaterDivineBalanceBuiltHarmonyAbsenceEnterpriseDictatorshipFoundersThirstMaintenanceHuman SocietyUbuntuPeace And JusticePeace JusticePeace Not WarBalance Of Power Author:Pope Paul VI
“To wage war on misery and to struggle against injustice is to promote, along with improved conditions, the human and spiritual progress of all men, and therefore the common good of humanity. Peace cannot be limited to a mere absence of war, the result of an ever precarious balance of forces. No, peace is something that is built up day after day, in the pursuit of an order intended by God, which implies a more perfect form of justice among men.” MenHumansWarSpiritualFormHumanityOrderForcePeaceJusticePerfectResultsCommonStruggleProgressConditionsBalanceBuiltMiseryMereInjusticeAbsencePursuitCommon GoodUbuntuPeace And JusticePrecariousPeace JusticePeace Not WarSpiritual Progress Book:On the development of peoples Source: On the development of peoples
“For peace is not simply the absence of warfare, based on a precarious balance of power; it is fashioned by efforts directed day after day toward the establishment of the ordered universe willed by God, with a more perfect form of justice among men.” MenFormUniverseJusticePerfectEffortBalanceAbsenceEstablishmentWarfarePrecariousBalance Of Power Author:Pope Paul VI