A summary of Pope John XXIII encyclical letter on human rights and the promotion of peace in a globalized world, threatened by nuclear war

1. PACEM IN TERRIS
(PEACE ON EARTH)
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE JOHN XXIII
ON ESTABLISHING UNIVERSAL PEACE IN TRUTH,
JUSTICE, CHARITY, AND LIBERTY
APRIL 11, 1963

2. •RELATIONS BETWEEN STATES
1)An lmperative of the Common Good
2)In Truth
3)The Question of Propaganda
4)In Justice
5)The Treatment of Minorities
6)A Cautionary Note
7)Active Solidarity
8)Contacts Between Races
9)The Proper Balance Between Population, Land and Capital
10)The Problem of Political Refugees
11)The Refugee's Rights
12)Commendable Efforts
13)Causes of the Arms Race
14)Need for Disarmament
15)Three Motives
16)A Call to Unsparing Effort
17)In Liberty
18)The Evolution of Economically Under-developed Countries
19)Signs of the Times
•RELATIONSHIP OF MEN AND OF POLITICAL COMMUNITIES
WITH THE WORLD COMMUNITY
1)The Inadequacy of Modern States to Ensure Universal Common Good
2)Connection Between the Common Good and Political Authority
3)Public Authority Instituted by Common Consent and Not Imposed by Force
4)The Universal Common Good and Personal Rights
5)The Principle of Subsidiarity
6)Modern Developments
•V. PASTORAL EXHORTATIONS
1)Scientific Competence, Technical Capacity and Professional Experience
2)Apostolate of a Trained Laity
3)Integration of Faith and Action
4)Integral Education
5)Constant Endeavor
6)Relations Between Catholics and Non-Catholics in Social and Economic Affairs
7)Error and the Errant
8)Philosophies and Historical Movements
9)Little by Little
10)An Immense Task
11)The Prince of Peace
•ORDER BETWEEN MEN
1)Order in the Universe
2)Order in Human Beings
3)Rights
4)Rights Pertaining to Moral and Cultural Values
5)The Right to Worship God According to One's Conscience
6)The Right to Choose Freely One's State in Life
7)Economic Rights
8)The Right of Meeting and Association
9)The Right to Emigrate and Immigrate
10)Political Rights
11)Duties
12)Reciprocity of Rights and Duties Between Persons
13)Mutual Collaboration
14)An Attitude of Responsibility
15)Social Life in Truth, Justice, Charity and Freedom
16)God and the Moral Order
17)Characteristics of the Present Day
•RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS
AND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
1)An Appeal to Conscience
2)Attainment of the Common Good is the Purpose of the Public
Authority
3)Essentials of the Common Good
4)The Spiritual, Too
5)Responsibilities of the Public Authority, and Rights and Duties of
Individuals
6)Reconciliation and Protection of Rights and Duties of Individuals
7)Duty of Promoting the Rights of Individuals
8)Harmonious Relations Between Public Authority's Two Forms of
Intervention
9)Structure and Operation of the Public Authority
10)Law and Conscience
11)Citizens' Participation in Public Life
12)Characteristics of the Present Day

3. Peace on Earth
which man throughout the ages has so
longed for and sought after, can never
be established, never guaranteed,
except by the diligent observance of
the divinely established order.

4. God created man "in His own image and likeness,"
Endowed him with intelligence and freedom, and made him lord of creation. PT3

5. And yet there is a disunity among individuals and among nations
which is in striking contrast to this perfect order in the universe. One
would think that the relationships that bind men together could only be
governed by force, but the world's Creator has stamped man's inmost
being with an order revealed to man by his conscience PT 4-5
Communism 1983

6. Many people think that the laws which govern man's relations with the State are the same as those
which regulate the blind, elemental forces of the universe. But it is not so; the laws which govern
men are quite different. The Father of the universe has inscribed them in man's nature PT 6

7. 1 - ORDER BETWEEN MEN - each individual man is truly a person. His is a
nature, that is, endowed with intelligence and free will. As such he has rights and
duties, which together flow as a direct consequence from his nature. These rights
and duties are universal and inviolable, and therefore altogether inalienable. PT 7

8. Men have been ransomed by the blood of Jesus
Christ. Grace has made them sons and friends
of God, and heirs to eternal glory. PT 8

9. Among man's rights is that of being able to worship God in
accordance with the right dictates of his own conscience,
and to profess his religion both in private and in public. PT 14

10. The family, founded upon marriage freely contracted, one and
indissoluble, must be regarded as the natural, primary cell of
human society. The interests of the family, therefore, must be
taken very specially into consideration in social and economic
affairs, as well as in the spheres of faith and morals. PT 16

11. the support and education
of children is a right
which belongs primarily
to the parents. PT 17

12. Women must be accorded
such conditions of work as
are consistent with their
needs and responsibilities
as wives and mothers. PT 19

13. Nature imposes work upon man as a
duty, and man has the corresponding
natural right to demand that the work he
does shall provide him with the means of
livelihood for himself and his children.
Such is nature's categorical imperative
for the preservation of man. PT 20

14. He has the right to the private ownership of
property, including that of productive goods. PT 21

15. They have the right to meet together and
to form associations with their fellows. PT 23

16. man's personal dignity involves his right to take an active
part in public life, and to make his own contribution to
the common welfare of his fellow citizens. PT 26

17. the right to live involves the duty to preserve one's
life; the right to a decent standard of living, the
duty to live in a becoming fashion; the right to be
free to seek out the truth, the duty to devote oneself
to an ever deeper and wider search for it. PT 29

18. Every basic human
right draws its
authoritative force
from the natural law,
which confers it and
attaches to it its
respective duty. PT 30

19. Each man should act on his own initiative, conviction,
and sense of responsibility, not under the constant
pressure of external coercion or enticement. PT 34

20. "Human reason is the standard which measures
the degree of goodness of the human will, PT 38

21. we notice a
progressive
improvement in
the economic and
social condition of
working men . PT 40

22. Women … are demanding both in domestic and in public life the
rights and duties which belong to them as human persons. PT 41

23. The longstanding
inferiority complex
of certain classes
because of their
economic and social
status, sex, or position
in the State, and the
corres-ponding
superiority complex
of other classes, is
rapidly becoming a
thing of the past.PT 43

24. 2 - RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS
AND THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
Hence every civilized community must have a ruling authority PT 46

25. But it must not be
imagined that authority
knows no bounds.
Since its starting point
is the permission to
govern in accordance
with right reason, there
is no escaping the
conclusion that it
derives its binding force
from the moral order,
which in turn has God
as its origin and end.
PT 47

26. a regime which governs solely or mainly by means of threats
and intimidation or promises of reward, provides men with
no effective incentive to work for the common good. PT 48

27. Obedience to civil authorities is never an obedience paid to them as men. It is in reality an
act of homage paid to God, the provident Creator of the universe, who has decreed that
men's dealings with one another be regulated in accordance with that order which He
Himself has established. And we men do not demean ourselves in showing due
reverence to God. On the contrary, we are lifted up and ennobled in spirit. PT 50

28. A law which is at variance with reason is to that extent unjust and has
no longer the rationale of law. It is rather an act of violence. PT 51

29. Any government which refused to recognize human rights or
acted in violation of them, would not only fail in its duty;
its decrees would be wholly lacking in binding force PT 61

30. The exercise of their rights by certain
citizens should not obstruct other
citizens in the exercise of theirs PT 62

31. An excessive
concern for the
rights of any
particular
individuals or
groups might
well result in
the principal
advantages
of the State
being in effect
monopolized by
these citizens
PT 65

32. We must, however, reject the view that the will of the individual or the group
is the primary and only source of a citizen's rights and duties, and of the
binding force of political constitutions and the government's authority PT 78

33. 3 RELATIONS BETWEEN STATES - The same law of
nature that governs the life and conduct of individuals must
also regulate the relations of political communities with one
another . – Nations are still bound by the natural law, which
is the rule that governs all moral conduct, and they have
no authority to depart from its slightest precepts PT 80-81

34. "A firmly established
order between political
communities must be
founded on the unshakable
and unmoving rock of the
moral law, that law which
is revealed in the order of
nature by the Creator
Himself, and engraved
indelibly on men's hearts PT 85

35. Men frequently differ widely in knowledge, virtue, intelligence and wealth,
but that is no valid argument in favor of a system whereby those who are
in a position of superiority impose their will arbitrarily on others PT 87

36. Some nations may have attained to a superior degree of
scientific, cultural and economic development, but that
does not entitle them to exert unjust political
domination over other nations - PT 88

37. It does mean the utter rejection of ways of disseminating
information which violate the principles of truth and
justice, and injure the reputation of another nation PT 90

38. "Take away justice, and what are
kingdoms but mighty bands of robbers. PT 92

39. There may be, and sometimes is, a clash of interests among States, each striving for its
own development. When differences of this sort arise, they must be settled in a truly
human way, not by armed force nor by deceit or trickery. There must be a mutual
assessment of the arguments and feelings on both sides, a mature and objective
investigation of the situation, and an equitable reconciliation of opposing views PT 93

40. It is quite clear that any attempt
to check the vitality and growth
of these ethnic minorities is a
flagrant violation of justice; the
more so if such perverse efforts are
aimed at their very extinction PT 95

41. the policy of bringing
the work to the
workers, wherever
possible, is preferred
to bringing workers to
the scene of the work
PT 102

42. There are great numbers of refugees at the present time, and many are the
sufferings—the incredible sufferings—to which they are constantly exposed PT 104

43. Refugees cannot lose these rights simply because
they are deprived of citizenship of their own StatesPT 105

44. On the other hand, We are deeply distressed to see the enormous stocks of armaments that
have been, and continue to be, manufactured in the economically more developed
countries. This policy is involving a vast outlay of intellectual and material resources,
with the result that the people of these countries are saddled with a great burden, while
other countries lack the help they need for their economic and social development PT 109

45. there is no denying that the conflagration could be started by some chance and unforeseen
circumstance. Moreover, even though the monstrous power of modern weapons does indeed
act as a deterrent, there is reason to fear that the very testing of nuclear devices for war
purposes can, if continued, lead to serious danger for various forms of life on earth PT 111

46. Pope Pius XII: "The calamity of a world war, with the
economic and social ruin and the moral excesses and
dissolution that accompany it, must not on any account be
permitted to engulf the human race for a third time.“ PT 113

47. the fundamental principles upon which peace is based in today's world
be replaced by an altogether different one, namely, the realization that
true and lasting peace among nations cannot consist in the possession
of an equal supply of armaments but only in mutual trust PT 113

48. Relations between States, as between individuals, must
be regulated not by armed force, but in accordance with the
principles of right reason: the principles, that is, of truth,
justice and vigorous and sincere co-operation PT 114

49. "Nothing is lost by peace;
everything may be lost by war." Pius XII – PT 116

50. no country has the
right to take any
action that would
constitute an unjust
oppression of other
countries, or an
unwarranted
interference in
their affairs PT 120
Prague 1968
Martial law Poland 1982
Budapest 1956

51. Love, not fear, must dominate the relationships
between individuals and between nations PT 129

52. 4 RELATIONSHIP OF MEN AND OF POLITICAL COMMUNITIES WITH THE
WORLD COMMUNITY - The same principle of subsidiarity which governs the
relations between public authorities and individuals, families and intermediate societies in
a single State, must also apply to the relations between the public authority of the world
community and the public authorities of each political community PT 140

54. 5 PASTORAL EXHORTATIONS - We exhort Our
sons to take an active part in public life, and to
work together for the benefit of the whole human
race, as well as for their own political communities. PT 146

55. They must involve themselves in the work of these institutions,
and strive to influence them effectively from within. PT 147

56. The Church has the right and duty not only to safeguard her teaching
on faith and morals, but also to exercise her authority over her sons by
intervening in their external affairs whenever a judgment has to be
made concerning the practical application of this teaching PT 160

57. Christians especially, will join their cause, spurred on by love and the
realization of their duty. Everyone who has joined the ranks of Christ must be
a glowing point of light in the world, a nucleus of love, a leaven of the whole
mass. He will be so in proportion to his degree of spiritual union with God PT164

58. "Our Lord Jesus Christ, after His resurrection stood in the midst of His disciples and
said: Peace be upon you, alleluia. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord." (72)
It is Christ, therefore, who brought us peace; Christ who bequeathed it to us: "Peace I
leave with you: my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, do I give unto you."PT 170

59. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 1-11-2022
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating
weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Conscience
Christ is Alive
Fatima, History of the Apparitiions
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Freedom
Grace and Justification
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Human Community
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Kingdom of Christ
Saint Leo the Great
Saint Luke, evangelist
Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalen
Saint Mark, evangelist
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Sain Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saints Nazario and Celso
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcuta
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saing Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint Therese of Lisieux
Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Saint Stephen, proto-martyr
Saint Thomas Becket
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptist
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
The Chursh, Mother and Teacher
Valentine
Vocation to Beatitude
Virgin of Guadalupe – Apparitions
Virgin of the Pillar and Hispaniic feast day
Virgin of Sheshan, China
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WMoFamilies Rome 2022 – festval of families
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Life in Christ
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Mary – Doctrine and dogmas
Mary in the bible
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Santuario Mariano
Merit and Holiness
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Moral Law
Morality of Human Acts
Passions
Pope Francis in Bahrain
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Passions
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the
Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 1,2,3
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Bruno, fuunder of the Carthusians
Saaint Columbanus 1,2
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Cecilia
Saint Faustina Kowalska and thee divine mercy
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis Xaviour
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John, apsotle and evangelist
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint Joseph

60. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 1-11-2022
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la
Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Conciencia
Cristo Vive
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias Roma 2022 – festival de las familias
Espíritu Santo
Fatima – Historia de las apariciones
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la
iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
La Iglesia, Madre y Maestra
La Comunidad Humana
La Vida en Cristo
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan, apostol y evangelista
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Juan Pablo II, Karol Wojtyla
San Leon Magno
San Lucas, evangelista
San Mateo, Apóstol y Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
Santos Marta, Maria, y Lazaro
Santos Simon y Judaa Tadeo, aposttoles
San Nazario e Celso
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
San Roberto Belarmino
Santiago Apóstol
San Tomás Becket
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vida en Cristo
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico
Virgen de Pilar – fiesta de la hispanidad
Virgen de Sheshan, China
Virtud
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
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Vocación a evangelizar
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Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Ley Moral
Libertad
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
María y la Biblia
Martires de Corea
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Moralidad de actos humanos
Pasiones
Papa Francisco en Baréin
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
El Reino de Cristo
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Andrés, Apostol
San Antonio de Padua
San Bruno, fundador del Cartujo
San Carlos Borromeo
San Columbanus 1,2
San Esteban, proto-martir
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
San Francisco Javier
Santa Faustina Kowalska, y la divina misericordia
Santa Cecilia
Saint Margaret,Queen of Scotland
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa María Magdalena
Santa Teresa de Lisieux
San Marco, evangelista
San Ignacio de Loyola