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International law becomes the guarantor of the international order,⁸⁸⁴ Cf. Pius XII, Encyclical Letter Summi Pontificatus, 29: AAS 31AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 31 (1939) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1939), 438-439. that is of coexistence among political communities that seek individually to promote the common good of their citizens and strive collectively to guarantee that of all peoples,⁸⁸⁵ Cf. John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Pacem in Terris: AAS 55AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 55 (1963) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1963), 292; John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 52: AAS 83AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 83 (1991) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1991), 857-858. aware that the common good of a nation cannot be separated from the good of the entire human family.⁸⁸⁶ Cf. John XXIII, Encyclical Letter in Pacem in Terris: AAS 55AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 55 (1963) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1963), 284. The international community is a juridical community founded on the sovereignty of each member State, without bonds of subordination that deny or limit its independence.⁸⁸⁷ Cf. Pius XII, Christmas Radio Message on a Just International Peace (24 December 1939), 5: AAS 32AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 32 (1940) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1940), 9-11; Pius XII, Address to Catholic Jurists on the Community of States and of Peoples (6 December 1953), 2: AAS 45AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 45 (1953) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1953), 395- 396; John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Pacem in Terris: AAS 55AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See)Volume 55 (1963) at vatican.va — scanned PDF (1963), 289. Understanding the international community in this way does not in any way mean relativizing or destroying the different and distinctive characteristics of each people, but encourages their expression.⁸⁸⁸ Cf. John Paul II, Address to the Fiftieth General Assembly of the United Nations (5 October 1995), 9-10: L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 11 October 1995, p. 9. Valuing these different identities helps to overcome various forms of division that tend to separate peoples and fill them with a self-centredness that has destabilizing effects.