80 81 Violent public demonstrations, on one side or the other, do not help in finding solutions. (232) The option for the poor should lead us to friendship with the poor". (234) War is a failure of politics and of humanity, a shameful capitulation, a stinging defeat before the forces of evil. (261) Today we state clearly that “the death penalty is inadmissible” and the Church is firmly committed to calling for its abolition worldwide. (263)Die Religionen im Dienst an der Religions at the service of fraternity in our world: One fundamental human right must not be forgotten in the journey towards fraternity and peace. It is religious freedom for believers of all religions. (279) A journey of peace is possible between religions. Its point of departure must be God’s way of seeing things. For "God does not see with his eyes, God sees with his heart. (281) The truth is that violence has no basis in our fundamental religious convictions, but only in their distortion. (282) Religious convictions about the sacred meaning of human life permit us “to recognise the fundamental values of our common humanity...”(283) In these pages of reflection on universal fraternity, I felt inspired particularly by Saint Francis of Assisi, but also by others of our brothers and sisters who are not Catholics: Martin Luther King, Desmond Tutu, Mahatma Gandhi and many more. Yet I would like to conclude by mentioning another person of deep faith who, drawing upon his intense experience of God, made a journey of transformation towards feeling a brother to all. I am speaking of Blessed Charles de Foucauld. (286) Given at the tomb of Francis of Assisi, 3 October 2020 https://www.vatican.va/ content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20201003_enciclicafratelli-tutti.html Martin Luther verbatim To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, we will take a look at the thoughts of Martin Luther (1481- 1543) on the topics of creation and life. "The world is full of everyday miracles." "There are three conversions: the conversion of the heart, the conversion of the mind and the conversion of the wallet." "The deeper you recognise creation, the greater the wonders you discover in it." "If I knew that the world would go to pieces tomorrow, I would still plant my apple tree today." "Many great men have sought what heaven and earth, man and creature are, and have not found it. But here it says: Faith says that God created everything from nothing. Here is the soul's pleasure garden, to walk in God's works." "Eat what is cooked, drink what is clear, speak what is true." "Humility – that is the finest, sweetest virtue of love." "There is no path to peace if the path is not already peace." "God wants people to be happy, that's why he made everything so beautiful." "In all creatures, even the smallest, indeed even in their limbs, God's omnipotence and miracles appear and are publicly seen. For what man, however mighty, wise and marvellous he may be, can make a fig tree or any other fig out of a fig?" "God is incomprehensible in creatures, but you can feel and touch him in his words; although he does not do as we would like, because he does not hold our geometry, measurement and arithmetic." "Where is God now, after the creation of the world?" "The mercy of God is like the sky, which always remains firm above us. Under this roof we are safe wherever we are." "If God couldn't take a joke, I wouldn't want to go to heaven." "God came into this world through the back door." Published in the 2017 certification programme
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