There Is No Alternative To Peace – Pope Francis

The below quote and the skills discussed are noticeably lacking in the current US administration. We need peacemakers and peace builders. In the words of that classic protest slogan… No Justice, No Peace… Know Justice, Know Peace.

Encounter and unity are always to be sought, without fear of diversity. So it is with peace: it too must be cultivated in the parched soil of conflict and discord, because today, in spite of everything, there is no real alternative to peacemaking. Truces maintained by walls and displays of power will not lead to peace, but only the concrete desire to listen and to engage in dialogue. — Against War: Building a Culture of Peace, p. 72