Benguela - The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Benguela, Dom António Francisco Jaka, defended, in this city, the need for society to promote an education focused on peace and citizenship, ANGOP learned.
The bishop was speaking at the opening of the workshop on 'Security, peace, justice for all and integrity of creation', promoted by the Diocesan Commission for Justice.
According to Dom António Jaka, justice and peace go together and cannot be separated from the truth, interpersonal relationships and God's creation, hence the need to educate people about peace.
The prelate cited the Holy Father Pope Paul VI, who defined and gave peace a new and different concept, that of development.
'In fact, peace cannot be dissociated from people's social well-being. Where there is poverty and misery, there is an open path for violence, misunderstanding or situations that generate conflicts', he considered.
For Dom Jaka, the paths of development must be sustainable, the integrity of creation must be respected, in such a way that the exploitation of mineral and forest resources and everything that nature offers, is done respecting creation, people and their habitat, animals and their habitat.
The Catholic leader advocates that human and animal survival should not be put at risk, which is why he urges that the pollution of rivers and erosion caused by ravines in mining farms be avoided, and that care should be taken with what offends creation and jeopardizes its own survival.
'We have customs that put our own survival at risk, such as burning, deforestation, coal exploration, hunting, unregulated agricultural exploitation, which put our survival as human beings at risk', he warned.
He considered education for peace important, saying that 'it comes from the heart that loves God, the country, the family and each other'.
For the Catholic prelate, the seminar is relevant to reflect on 'living in peace with others in the world'.
It is necessary to educate for peace, citizenship, moral and civic, religious, which is everyone's role, and the family is the first education for peace, schools, churches and society must work together in this education for man.
On the occasion, an approach was made to the current state of families and the participation of citizens in solving problems in the province of Benguela.
Along the same path, the social reception platform was presented. The meeting brought together several institutions and individuals from Benguela society. CRB/RMA/DOJ
