The Religion Of The God Who Became

Without Repeating Everything That We Have Already Mentioned, It Is Appropriate First Of All To Emphasize The Following Point: For The Church, The First Means Of Evangelization Is The Witness Of An Authentically Christian Life, Given Over To God In A Communion That Nothing Should Destroy And At The Same Time Given To One's Neighbor With Limitless Zeal. As We Said Recently To A Group Of Lay People, “modern Man Listens More Willingly To Witnesses Than To Teachers, And If He Does Listen To Teachers, It Is Because They Are Witnesses.

The Hungry Nations Of The World Cry Out To The Peoples Blessed With Abundance. And The Church, Cut To The Quick By This Cry, Asks Each And Every Man To Hear His Brother's Plea And Answer It Lovingly.

The International Trading System Was Devised By The Rich To Suit Their Needs; It Ignores Those Of The Poor.

For Peace Is Not Simply The Absence Of Warfare, Based On A Precarious Balance Of Power; It Is Fashioned By Efforts Directed Day After Day Toward The Establishment Of The Ordered Universe Willed By God, With A More Perfect Form Of Justice Among Men.

Excessive Economic, Social And Cultural Inequalities Among Peoples Arouse Tensions And Conflicts, And Are A Danger To Peace.