Message of Pope Benedict XVI to the Plenary Session of the Pontifical Council for
Justice and Peace
Message of Pope Benedict XVI to the Plenary Session of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
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My hope is that the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace will continue in its work to help the church community and all its components. The Department therefore must continue this work not only in developing more new updates of the Social Doctrine of the Church, but also in testing, with the method of discernment, living in communion with Jesus Christ and among ourselves, a message from Pope Benedict XVI said. This was read at the Twenty Sixth Plenary session of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, being held in Rome from November 4th to 5th. The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace is a Dicastery of the Roman Curia dedicated to "action-oriented studies" for the international promotion of justice, peace, and human rights from the perspective of the Roman Catholic Church. The Pontiff’s message further said that the life of communities and individual believers, fuelled by continued meditation on the Word of God, by regular participation in the sacraments and the communion with the wisdom that comes from above, grows in its ability towards the renewal of building culture and faith. The ethos of the people can now enjoy a true and solid foundation, which reinforces the social consensus rules of procedure and substance. Further, the Church's social doctrine is it the essential reference for planning and social action of the lay faithful, as well as for their spiritual life, which feeds and fits into the ecclesial communion: communion of love and truth, a communion in mission. The Pope then directed them to the task of preparing the lay faithful able to devote them to the common good, and pastors who, with their ministry and charism, contribute to the building of life according to the Gospel.
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