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What The Catholic Church Teaches About War and Peace
According to Catholic social teaching, the purpose of political society is to promote peace. By peace is meant the “tranquility of order,” as St. Augustine called it—that is, the serenity that results from people living in proper relation to one another, acting justly toward one other, and helping the community to thrive.
We call the order of people properly relating to one another social justice and the peace that results civil peace, or peace within a community.
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Oct 27th 2026