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The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (Justitia et Pax) is a dicastery of the Roman Curia dedicated to "action-oriented studies" for the international promotion of justice, peace, and human rights from the perspective of the Roman Catholic Church. To this end, it cooperates with various religious institutes and advocacy groups, as well as scholarly, ecumenical, and international organizations. Among its reference works is the ''Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church''. the Cardinal President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace was Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson, the Secretary of the Pontifical Council was Bishop Mario Toso, and the Undersecretary of the Pontifical Council was Flaminia Giovanelli, the highest-ranking laywoman to work in the Roman Curia. == Origin == The Second Vatican Council had proposed the creation of a body of the universal Church whose role would be "to stimulate the Catholic Community to foster progress in needy regions and social justice on the international scene".〔(Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World "Gaudium et Spes", No. 90 )〕 It was in reply to this request that Pope Paul VI established the Pontifical Commission "Justitia et Pax" by a Motu Proprio dated 6 January 1967 (Catholicam Christi Ecclesiam). Two months later, in Populorum Progressio, Paul VI succinctly stated of the new body that "its name, which is also its programme, is Justice and Peace" (No. 5). Gaudium et Spes and this Encyclical, which "in a certain way... applies the teaching of the Council",〔(To the Bishops, Priests Religious Families, sons and daughters of the Church and all people of good will for the twentieth anniversary of "Populorum Progressio", "Sollicitudo Rei Socialis", No. 6 )〕 were the founding texts and points of reference for this new body. After a ten-year experimental period, Paul VI gave the Commission its definitive status with the Motu Proprio ''Iustitiam et Pacem'' of 10 December 1976. When the Apostolic Constitution ''Pastor Bonus'' of 28 June 1988 reorganized the Roman Curia, Pope John Paul II changed its name from Commission to Pontifical Council and reconfirmed the general lines of its work. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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