Rev. Amaro, George: A Wealth that Engenders Poverty     EN - CA, trans: HU

The latest stage of capitalism has brought economic growth at a planarian level but hasn't involved uniformly all the habitants of the planet. Instead it has brought in mechanisms that make the rich countries richer and the poor countries poorer. It goes without saying that this worldwide situation is the type of environment that breeds terrorism such as we have witnessed and suffered on September 11th, 2001.

Global disparity is fundamentally incompatible with global security. We must not forget that the towers that were targeted were called, "World Trade Center". Fighting terrorism only with manpower is repeating the legend of the Dragon of the seven heads: for every head that you chop off another seven will spring up. Effective fighting against terrorism is working for justice and peace worldwide.
 

Rev. Amaro, George: Money has Never Made Anybody Rich     EN - CA, trans: HU

Happiness, inner peace and self-realization is the end result of the harmony between the principles: Freedom by which the individual is understood as a whole and assisted by rights that others should respect; and Equality by which the individual is understood as a part and has duties towards others. Unfortunately, material goods very easily make us selfish and blind us to the needs of others. The wise man is either poor or becomes poor. Being rich materially will result in being poor spiritually and vice versa.
 

Rev. Bisson, Peter SJ: Social Justice Activism as Religious Experience     EN - CA, trans: HU

In 1975 the Jesuits made a decision to promote social justice. They felt that reconciliation with God demands reconciliation of people with one another, and that the solution to poverty and similar problems is not charity but justice. Traditionally faith belongs to the religious world, and justice belongs to the political and secular world. Through combining faith and justice the boundary between religious and secular became religiously irrelevant. After initial focus on social, political and economic problems, other issues were included: gender and race relations, relations with indigenous peoples, awareness of culture, relations with other religions, and concern for ecology. The result was the rise of "engaged religion", with emphasis on mutuality, where one not only seeks to change the world in a disinterested fashion, but where one allows oneself to be changed in the process.
 

Hontváry, Miklós: Thoughts for Meditation of Peace     HU

Dr. Horváthné, Kovács Hajnalka: Active Peace Making     HU

Jollett, Robert M.S.C.: Our War Tradition     EN - CA, trans: HU

The Church has ruled out pacifism from the earliest times. Jesus said "I came not to send peace but the sword" (Mt.10,34).  The Crusades helped preserve Europe from the social and religious plague of Islam.  The religious wars of Christianity were the only wars worth fighting.  The other wars were all wars over real estate.  Giving up force altogether after the outbreak of the Islamic terrorist threat would create a vacuum inviting anarchy and chaos.  Gandhi could safely practise pacifism thanks to the protective environment of the British Empire.  When the British withdrew from India, millions were slaughtered.
 

Rev.Dr. Karaffa, János: Is the Old Testament stand for violent?     HU - SK

Kelly, Patrick Joseph: The Peace of Conviction     EN - , trans: HU

The conviction, that every single person is loved by God with identical love, that provides the possibility of peace. God does not love me more than he loves you. God does not love the Pope more than God loves Saddam Hussien. And we are called to witness to that love with our lives in the hope that people will respond to that love. Because we are so lacking, so imperfect, along with a lot of other negatives, our witness has to depend on the power of God. The world wants "winners and Losers" and in so many different ways we are urged to use this criteria in our relationships. The relationship that Our God wants of us is FAMILY  - brothers and sisters -  and to love one another as he has loved us.
 

Rev. Kiss, Ulrich SJ: The Aggression     HU

Rev. Kiss, Ulrich SJ: Globalization: One World – One Culture?     HU

Rev. MacGarry, Brian SJ: The Real Jihad     EN - ZW, trans: HU

Images of apocalyptic war in the heavens don't mean we should be waging war in this world. The struggle with evil is a part of our lives, and that is the jihad in which a Muslim friend emphasises we all stand together, but, as St.Paul said, it uses the weapons of the Spirit. In the real sense, Mahatma Gandhi and Oscar Romero were more of mujahideen (or crusaders) than George W. Bush or Osama bin Laden.
 

Rev. Gerry Pettipas, C.Ss.R: For the Knights of the Peace     EN - CA, trans HU

As the human population of the world and consumption increase, the natural resources of the Earth are proportionately diminished. The strife over who will possess, who will control these resources, will most certainly increase. Meanwhile the spiritual resources needed for a true bonding within nations and between nations have been diminishing as emphasis on political power and money values has increased. Though Church teaching allows just war, in the long term, fighting poverty, protecting the environment, and improving people's lives is the key to global security.
 

Renshaw, Richard c.s.c.: The Peace is the Fullness of Life     EN - CA, trans: HU

The major obstacle for peace is the narrow search for profit. As a result, a very small minority have enormous wealth and power. When these are threatened they have at their disposal enormous resources for shaping public opinion and when that fails their military strength is staggering. The rise of civil society where citizens organize to express their aspirations collectively has become a major force to counteract this influence.
 

Rivard, Roland: The Promise of Peace     EN - MX, trans: HU

If the Christians would understand and live the fifth chapter of the Gospel of S. Matthew, they could rapidly change the world. It is what Gandhi understood and made him to develop a non‑violent way to resist and to struggle against his enemies. In my opinion, the Pope should proclaim as the greater Saints of the last century these men who struggle and offered their life in a non‑violent way in order to conquer the dignity of his peoples: Gandhi of India, Nelson Mandela of South Africa, and Martin Luther King of United States, and many other defensors of Human Rights in the world. They were living examples of how to live the Holy Scripture, mostly the Sermon on the mount of Jesus.
 

Rev. Francis de Ruijte, OFM: A Priest's Prayer for Peace     EN - CA, trans: HU

Rev.Dr. Somfai Béla SJ: War and Peace in light of teaching of the Catholic Church     HU

Rev.Dr. Somfai Béla SJ: Just War and the Justice of the War     HU

Rev.Dr. Somfai Béla SJ: Pastoral letter from peace by American Bishop's Council     HU

Tremblay, W.J. Derek o.ss.t.: The Eucharist as the Source of Peace     EN - CA, trans: HU

Liberation theology is an attempt to combine Christian faith with a commitment to social change for the better. The central goal of this theology had been to make religion and the churches into active agents of change. There is a link between the Eucharist and social justice. To celebrate the Eucharist is to live like sons and daughters of God in the Body of Christ. The Eucharist as an anticipation of the Messianic banquet, therefore it's participants should work for justice, peace and fraternity, which are the basic principles of God's Kingdom.

Eucharist celebration is thus the source of peace in light of liberation theology. Without a real commitment against personal and social sin, the Eucharist celebration is a hypocritical, empty liturgical memorial.