THE DIPLOMACY OF ST. FRANCIS AND POPE LEO XIV MESSAGE FOR PEACE 2026
PAPA LEONE XIV CORPO DIPLOMATICO 2026
Photo : ASSISI – AESI President with Franciscan Father Custodian
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AESI PRESIDENT “What is happening in the world reminds us of the importance of diplomacy in international relations. This commitment does not only concern national governments and their ambassadors or international organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union. It is a task in which every citizen of the world must actively participate, because only in this way can the protection of human rights and the common good be guaranteed. Peace and security are the result of a science and art of solidarity that recognizes human justice and respect for human dignity. Those who, for security reasons, impose policies that are solely or exclusively aimed at financial and economic goals and geopolitical control, without any respect for reality and populations, are the greatest threat at this moment. Invoking security reasons, as many unfortunately do today to obtain solely and exclusively personal advantages, is outside the context of international law.”
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV
FOR THE LIX WORLD DAY OF PEACE
1st JANUARY 2026
Message of the Holy Father for the 59th World Day of Peace 2026: “Peace be with you all: Towards an “unarmed and disarming” peace”
http://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/messages/peace/documents/20251208-messaggio-pace.html
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“When we treat peace as a distant ideal, we end up not considering it scandalous that it can be denied and that war can even be waged to achieve peace. There seems to be a lack of the right ideas, of carefully weighed phrases, of the ability to say that peace is near. If peace is not a reality to be experienced, cherished, and cultivated, aggression spreads into domestic and public life. In the relationship between citizens and rulers, we come to consider it a fault that we are not sufficiently prepared for war, to react to attacks, to respond to violence.
Far beyond the principle of self-defense, on a political level this logic of opposition is the most topical factor in a global destabilization that is becoming increasingly dramatic and unpredictable every day. It is no coincidence that repeated calls to increase military spending and the choices that follow are presented by many leaders with the justification of the danger posed by others. In fact, the deterrent force of power, and in particular nuclear deterrence, embody the irrationality of a relationship between peoples based not on law, justice, and trust, but on fear and the domination of force.
Today, justice and human dignity are more than ever exposed to power imbalances among the strongest. How can we live in a time of destabilization and conflict while freeing ourselves from evil? We need to encourage and support every spiritual, cultural, and political initiative that keeps hope alive, countering the spread of “fatalistic attitudes, as if the dynamics at work were produced by anonymous impersonal forces and structures independent of human will.” [13] If, in fact, “the best way to dominate and advance without limits is to sow hopelessness and foster constant mistrust, even if masked by the defense of certain values,” [14] then such a strategy must be countered by the development of conscious civil societies, forms of responsible association, experiences of nonviolent participation, and practices of restorative justice on both a small and large scale.
