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Papal strategy for peace.


In April, Archbishop Jean-louis Tauran Jean-Louis Pierre Cardinal Tauran JCD (born 3 April 1943) is a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue in the Roman Curia, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003. , Vatican Secretary for Relations with States The Secretary for Relations with States is the foreign minister of the Holy See, an official serving within the Secretariat of State, presiding over its "Second Section". This titular archbishop, the Vatican's top foreign-policy official, deals with relations between the Holy See , told a Lateran University audience that the Pope's strategy for peace involves rejection of violence and belief in the power of negotiation. Peace is built on three pillars: truth, justice, and love. Deterrence based on an equilibrium of forces Equilibrium of forces

In a mechanical system the condition under which no acceleration takes place. Newtonian mechanics today is based upon two definitions which modify, but are essentially equivalent to, Newton's three fundamental laws.
 has never been considered by the Holy See as a final goal but only as one stage in the process of gradual disarmament.

On May 22, when asked to comment on the nuclear tests

Main article: Nuclear testing
The following is a list of nuclear test series designations, organized first by country and then by date. For more information on countries with nuclear weapons, see List of countries with nuclear weapons.
 in India, Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls called attention to a speech in January in which the Pope recommended a cessation of all refinements of nuclear armaments, the first step towards general disarmament.
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