2. In the troubled times we are passing through, religious believers have, as servants of the Almighty, a duty above all to work in favour of peace, by showing respect for the convictions of individuals and communities everywhere through freedom of religious practice. Religious freedom, which must not be reduced to mere freedom of worship, is one of the essential aspects of freedom of conscience, which is the right of every individual and a cornerstone of human rights. It takes into account the requirement that a culture of peace and solidarity between men can be built in which everybody can be firmly engaged in the construction of an increasingly fraternal society, doing everything one can to reject, denounce and refuse every recourse to violence which can never be motivated by religion, since it wounds the very image of God in man.
2. Katika kipindi kigumu ambamo tunaishi, wafuasi wa dini mbalimbali, zaidi ya yote wanalo jukumu la kufanya kazi kama wafuasi wa Mwenye Nguvu kwa ajili ya amani inayoheshimu maoni binafsi ya mtu na ya kila jumuiya, kadhalika katika uhuru wa kuabudu.Uhuru wa dini usiochujuliwa katika ufinyu wa uhuru wa kufanya ibada tu, kimsingi ni moja ya vipengele muhimu vya uhuru wa dhamiri, ambao ni haki ya kila mtu, na ambao ni jiwe la msingi la haki za binadamu Ni katika kutambua hilo, ndipo unapoweza kuendelezwa utamaduni wa amani na mshikamano kati ya watu, na ambapo, kimsingi wote wanaweza kujituma katika kujenga jamii yenye udugu zaidi, kwa kufanya kila kinachowezekana ndani ya uwezo wao kukataa vurugu za aina yoyote ile, kwa kukemea na kupinga maelekeo ya migogoro, yenye ushabiki wa kidini, kwani inajeruhi ndani ya mwanadamu sura ya Mungu.