EDUCATION FOR PEACE .
A book review by Ángel Aguas from Noticias Obreras (translation by CPNN)
The Hour of Citizenship: Dignity, Human Rights, and a Culture of Peace
Federico Mayor Zaragoza and Emilio José Gómez Ciriano
HOAC Editions (2026)
84 pages
The recent statement by Pope Leo XIV, addressed to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See, that “war is back in fashion and the enthusiasm for war is spreading,” confirms the growing global trend of recent years. In this context, the new publication from HOAC Editions of the Catholic Workers’ Brotherhood (Hermandad Obrera de Acción Católica) champions peace as the only alternative for building a future of hope for all humanity.
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What are the most important books about the culture of peace?
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This book recapitulates, in his own words, the extensive pacifist legacy of Federico Mayor Zaragoza, professor and former president of UNESCO, among many other things. When Emilio José Gómez Ciriano, university professor and co-author of the book, invited him to participate, no one knew it would be Mayor Zaragoza’s posthumous work, as he passed away on December 19, 2024.
“This work emerges as an urgent manifesto and an ethical and prophetic compass. It is not only an analysis, but a call to civic action in the face of what its authors perceive as a dangerous global drift toward militarization and the abandonment of humanist foundations…”
Culture of Peace, Now More Than Ever
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