If You Crave for Peace, Create the Institutions of Peace (trans. P. Mikulska)

Flavio FELICE

Pontificia Università Lateranense, Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano n. 4, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Włochy , Italy

Patrycja MIKULSKA

John Paul II Institute, Faculty of Philosophy, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland , Poland

Abstract

The author analyzes three Encyclical Letters: Pacem in Terris by John XXIII, Sollicitudo Rei Socialis by John Paul II, and Caritas in Veritate by Benedict XVI, looking for elements of a theoretical model of international institutions conforming to the dignity of the human person. In his analyses, the author refers both to philosophy, using the ideas of Antonio Rosmini and Luigi Sturzo, and to economy, especially to the concept of social market economy. The resulting model is that of a polyarchic international environment that functions according to the principles of solidarity and subsidiarity.

Summarized by Patrycja Mikulska

Keywords:

Pacem in Terris, Solicitudo Rei Socialis, Caritas in Veritate, John XXIII, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, dignity of the person, polyarchy, solidarity, subsidiarity principle