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191 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 3, 2020
3. Envisaging and engendering an open worldI found the following excerpt from Chapter 7 of particular interest.
Human beings are so made that they cannot live, develop and find fulfilment except "in the sincere gift of self to others". Nor can they fully know themselves apart from an encounter with other
persons: "I communicate effectively with myself only insofar as I communicate with others".
4. A heart open to the whole world
If the conviction that all human beings are brothers and sisters is not to remain an abstract idea but to find concrete embodiment, then numerous related issues emerge, forcing us to see things in a new light and to develop new responses.
5. A better kind of politics
The development of a global community of fraternity based on the practice of social friendship on the part of peoples and nations calls for a better kind of politics, one truly at the service of the common good. Sadly, politics today often takes forms that hinder progress towards a different world.
6. Dialogue and friendship in society
Approaching, speaking, listening, looking at, coming to know and understand one another, and to find common ground: all these things are summed up in the one word "dialogue".
7. Paths of renewed encounter
In many parts of the world, there is a need for paths of peace to heal open wounds. There is also a need for peacemakers, men and women prepared to work boldly and creatively to initiate processes of healing and renewed encounter.
... it is very difficult nowadays to invoke the rational criteria elaborated in earlier centuries to speak of the possibility of a "just war". Never again war!
8. Religions at the service of fraternity in our world
The different religions, based on their respect for each human person as a creature called to be a child of God, contribute significantly to building fraternity and defending justice in society. Dialogue between the followers of different religions does not take place simply for the sake of diplomacy, consideration or tolerance. ... "the goal of dialogue is to establish friendship, peace and harmony, and to share spiritual and moral values and experiences in a spirit of truth and love".