Promotion of Peace and Disarmament
The promotion of peace is a requirement of our faith. The fruit of justice, peace depends upon right order among human beings. The challenge of peace calls us to oppose war, nuclear conflict, weapons of mass destruction, and the arms race. It also calls us to oppose economic injustice and corruption, known to often be the seeds of resentment, unrest and civil strife.
“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 harmony built into human society by its divine founder, and actualized by men as they thirst after ever greater justice.”