We would also like you to know that the Church recognizes the riches of the Islamic faith - a faith that binds us to the one God.

Excessive economic, social and cultural inequalities among peoples arouse tensions and conflicts, and are a danger to peace.

No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.

The command to the Twelve to go out and proclaim the Good News is also valid for all Christians, though in a different way.... the Good News of the kingdom which is coming and which has begun is meant for all people of all times. Those who have received the Good News and who have been gathered by it into the community of salvation can and must communicate and spread it.

The international trading system was devised by the rich to suit their needs; it ignores those of the poor.

Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy.

Marriage and conjugal love are by their nature ordained toward the procreation and education of children. Children are really the supreme gift of marriage and contribute in the highest degree to their parents' welfare.