Brilliant analysis by the Pope of origin of true peace

This should be on everyone's "must read" list.

http://www.zenit.org/article-21249?l=english

VATICAN CITY, DEC. 11, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI says peace is learned in the family, since it is a school of justice, obedience and power placed at the service of the weak.

Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, presented today the Pope's message for the 2008 World Day of Peace, celebrated each Jan. 1.

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Fundamental ingredients

The cardinal noted how the Pope affirmed, "Family life provides an experience of all the fundamental ingredients of peace: justice in relations between brothers and sisters, the importance of law and of the authority of parents, power experienced as service to the weakest [...] help in case of need, willingness to welcome, to make sacrifices and to forgive."

The prelate further outlined how the Pope emphasized the specific rights of the family, "an expression of the natural and universal law that exists in the minds and the hearts of all human beings."

Cardinal Martino explained that the papal message reflects some of Benedict XVI's concerns "because the main agent of peace, the family, is incapable of fully playing its role."

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.....Do read the whole thing!!