Abstract
If you want peace, respect the conscience of every person. Today the many peoples who make up the human family are increasingly concerned that freedom of conscience, which is essential for the freedom of every human being, be recognized in practice and safeguarded by law. I have already devoted two messages for the World Day of Peace to various aspects of this freedom, which remains fundamental for in the world. In 1988 I proposed some reflections on religious freedom. It is es sential that the right to express one's own religious convictions pub licly and in all domains of civil life be ensured if human beings are to live together in peace. I noted on that occasion that peace . . . puts down its roots in the freedom and openness of consciences to truth.1 The following year I continued this reflection by proposing some thoughts on the need to respect the rights of civil and religious minori ties, one of the most delicate questions affecting contemporary soci ety . . . since it is related to the organization of social and civil life within each country as well as to the life of the international commu nity.2 This year I wish to consider specifically the importance of re spect for the conscience of every person as a necessary basis for in the world.
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