Acting for Peace in the World

The 2025 Jubilee Year, under the theme Hope Does Not Disappoint, was an opportunity to strengthen our Christian hope. It was a year filled with activities and apostolic work, a year of growth for the Louis Even Institute. 

The year 2026 must become even more deeply rooted in Hope. Hope always walks hand in hand with its two great sisters: Faith and Charity, and these, in turn, always need Hope.

In light of the troubling situation in the world today, and following Pope Leo XIV's renewed appeals for peace and disarmament, we join the Holy Father in praying to God for peace. Therefore, for the year 2026, we have chosen the theme: Acting for Peace in the World.

"Love and Truth meet together; Justice and Peace embrace." (Psalm 84) 

Love is God. Truth is God. Therefore, God meets God. What happens when God meets God? Can we imagine the brilliant light, the dazzling radiance that floods heaven and earth? This purity brings forth justice and peace. 

God's love for all humanity is undeniable. Every human being should love God, not merely because God cares for each of us, but simply because He loves us. This is the first commandment.

For a long time I meditated, with my eyes closed, on these words: "Love and Truth meet together; Justice and Peace embrace." And I saw Economic Democracy. Let me explain how:

The second commandment asks us to love our neighbour.

Fraternal love means having toward our neighbour, as toward ourselves, an attitude of justice — acting in such a way that we and all our brothers and sisters may have what we need in order to live and flourish in peace. In this definition we find: Justice – Action – Peace. Therefore: Economic Democracy. 

Truth is what is real, what corresponds to reality. The goods of the earth are realities meant to be made available to everyone. This is Economic Democracy through a social dividend.

Justice seeks to increase what is right and good. It recognizes and respects the rights and dignity of others and gives each person what is due to them. This is Economic Democracy through money without debt.

Peace is an act of building harmony within ourselves and within our surroundings. This is Economic Democracy. 

How can we act for peace in the world? In the light of Psalm 84: "Love and Truth meet together; Justice and Peace embrace," an answer immediately comes to mind: Economic Democracy.

Acting for peace in the world. Love means action. True love is revealed through action. And acting to spread around us the beautiful truth of Economic Democracy — is this not the very mission of the Louis Even Institute in the pursuit of Social Justice?

And peace will come to the world.Our program for the year 2026: Acting for Peace in the World! Are we ready to act?

Marcelle Caya

Director, Louis Even Institute