Pope chooses 'In Truth, Peace' as theme for World Peace Day

Published: 2005-06-27

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When founded on the truth about the human person and human dignity, peace creates an atmosphere where people grow in righteousness and love, said the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. "In Truth, Peace" is the theme Pope Benedict XVI has chosen for the Jan. 1 celebration of World Peace Day. The Vatican published the theme June 25 along with a brief explanation of the theme by the council. The pope's message for World Peace Day will be released in December. The council's presentation quoted heavily from the Second Vatican Council's document on the church in the modern world, particularly its insistence that true peace is the result of justice and righteousness and not simply a matter of finding a balance between opposing forces. Peace, the Second Vatican Council said, "is the fruit of that right ordering of things" according to God's plans for creation.

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