Solidarity: Peace & Just War

Human rights stem from their dignity.

Peace starts with the individual and their family.

Just War says nations at war must use the minimum force necessary to achieve their military goals.

Peace is threateend when a human is not given what is due to them as a person.

The Church teaches that war is a necessary way to establish peace.

CST theme; the realization that all people are interconnected as part of one human family.

To declare a just war, the odds of success should be compared to the likely cost of human life.

The rights & values involved in the conflict must be important enough to justify killing in order to declare a just war.

To declare a just war, there must be a real, lasting, grave and certain damage inflicted by an aggressor on a natio

CST teaches that humans' souls have needs such as:

Just War says nations at war must use the minimum force necessary to achieve their military goals.

To declare a just war, the nation declaring it must be committed to post-war reconciliation & peace- not personal gain.

Peace can only be achieved by

To declare a just war, it must be done by the people who legitimately represent the attacked nation.

Humans have a right to the needs of the body, but not the needs of the soul.

Humans have the right to protest unjust governments and laws.

CST teaches that peace is simply the absence of war.

The Church gives 3 standards of this once an armed conflict (war) is occurring.

Before declaring war, All peaceful efforts have been tried & exhausted before entering into war.

Before declaring war, the damage & costs of war should be proportionate to the good outcome expected.

The pursuit of peace for a society is rooted in...

Just War says it's ok for a nation to directly attack another nation's civilians.

The Church teaches that the circumstances in which a war is "just" are rare and difficult to meet.