The Note of Benedict XV, pointed out the Pope, "did not just condemn war; on a juridical level, it pointed out the ways to build up a fair and lasting peace: the moral strength of the law, equal and controlled disarmament, arbitration in controversies, freedom of seas, mutual abatement of war expenses, restitution of occupied territories, and fair negotiations to resolve controversies". The proposal by the Holy See, he pointed out, "was oriented to the future of Europe and the world, in accordance with a project with Christian inspiration, but which might nevertheless be accepted by anybody because it was based on the rights of the peoples. It was the same structure which the Servants of God, Paul VI and John Paul II followed during their memorable speeches at the Assembly of the United Nations, by repeating, in the name of the Church: ‘No more war!’". "From this place of peace, in which the horrors of ‘useless massacres’ are felt as unacceptable in an even stronger way he added, – I renew the appeal to pursue the path of rights with tenaciousness, by rejecting the arms race resolutely, and more in general, by refusing the temptation to tackle new situations with old means".
