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We acknowledge that we stand on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We honor their elders past and prese

Prayer of St Francis of Assisi Lord, make me an instrument of your peace Where there is hatred, let me bring love Where there is injury, pardon Where there is discord, unity Where there is doubt, faith Where there is error, truth Where there is despair, hope Where there is sadness, joy Where ther

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We acknowledge that we stand on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We honor their elders past and prese

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    2. Prayer of St Francis of Assisi Lord, make me an instrument of your peace Where there is hatred, let me bring love Where there is injury, pardon Where there is discord, unity Where there is doubt, faith Where there is error, truth Where there is despair, hope Where there is sadness, joy Where there is darkness, light

    3. Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console To be understood as to understand To be loved as to love For it is in giving that we receive It is in pardoning that we are pardoned And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life

    4. Catholic Social Teaching on war and peace Fr Bruce Duncan

    5. Jesus’ teaching on peace Shalom - wholeness Peace on Earth Turn the other check Love your enemies Blessed are the peacemakers Peter rebuked for drawing his sword

    6. Military avoidance Crusades – religious Just War Anti-war; pacifist Church positions on war

    7. Early Christians were exempted from military service After Constantine converted, many Christians then went to war Always strict requirements regarding penance etc. Conscientious objectors have continued through many peace traditions Military avoidance

    8. War in God’s name

    9. Just War MORAL CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING JUSTICE OF A WAR Ius ad bellum (right to go to war) 1. Just cause 2. Declared by legitimate authority 3. Right intention – restore justice 4. Probability of success Proportionality between good and bad outcomes 6. Last resort 7. Goal of establishing a lasting peace Ius in bello (conduct during war) Non-combatant immunity Proportionality – limiting destruction to what is necessary

    10. Can we have a just war with nuclear weapons in our world? Pope Pius XII (1939-58)

    11. War in any case?

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