>>15279We shall see if his efforts to support peacemaking across the world and end the rise in warfare will be picked up by others.
The odds are strong, I would say, especially since the modern view that nonviolence ethics are "controversial and political" is rightfully discarded by most Catholics and particularly those supportive of the late Pope's legacy.
I would say personally that nonviolence ethics is a direct and core part of the ministry of Jesus Christ in the first place. The atonement on the cross is an expression of compassionate reconciliation, which is exactly the same moral principle reflected by the "turn the other cheek" saying. Belief that every single human life matters and is sacred relates exactly to all the other sayings, particularly about refusing to hate one's neighbors.
The man will be missed.
