Promoting Peace Through Inter-Cultural Dialogue
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2010
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Institute of Social Communication
Abstract
The project echoes Pope Benedict XVI's message on the World Day
of Peace, to promote peace by protecting creation. The Pope states that if you want to
cultivate peace, Protect Creation. He continues that respect for creation is of immense
consequence, not least because "creation is the beginning and the foundation of all God's
works" and its preservation has now become essential for the pacific coexistence of
mankind.
The Pope lamented that man's inhumanity to man has given rise to numerous
threats to peace and to authentic and integral human development — wars, international
and regional conflicts, acts of terrorism, and violations of human rights. Yet no less
troubling are the threats arising from the neglect — if not downright misuse — of the earth
and the natural goods that God has given us. For this reason, it is imperative that mankind
renew and strengthen "that covenant between human beings and the environment, which
should mirror the creative love of God, from whom we come and towards whom we are
journeying.
This project is in agreement with the Pope's wishes to invite all peace loving
Kenyans to be renewed by going back to their roots. We call to mind John Mbiti's saying
"We are therefore I am". We may love each other as Kenyans. In respecting and loving
one another we shall all benefit just as in harming one another we all lose. Pope John
Paul II pointed about violence that in war there is no victor only victims. History has
recorded this violence but history can be stopped from repeating itself if together we
dialogue and reach a more lasting peaceful solution.
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Inter-culture, Peace