Links/Resources
This Land is Home to Me,
1975 Pastoral Letter of the bishops of Appalachia
PDF, 133k
At Home in the Web of Life, 1995 Pastoral Letter of the bishops of Appalachia
PDF, 264k
Voting for the Common Good, A Practical Guide for Conscientious Catholics
PDF, 407k
A Church That Heals, A Pastoral Letter on Well-Being in West Virginia
PDF, 183k
Faithful Citizenship:A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility:
http://www.usccb.org/faithfulcitizenship/bishopStatement.html
A Church That Heals: A Pastoral Letter on Well-Being in West Virginia
http://www.dwc.org/health/
DEATH PENALTY
A Good Friday Appeal to End the Death Penalty
A Statement of the Administrative Board of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
April 2, 1999:
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/criminal/appeal.htm
A Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 2005
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/penaltyofdeath.pdf
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective
on Crime and Criminal Justice A Statement of the Catholic Bishops of the United States 2000:
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/criminal.htm
Challenges for the Criminal Justice Process in the South
PDF, 96k
Wardens From Wall Street: Prison Privatization
PDF, 39k
"Suffer the Little Children..." - Juvenile Justice in the South
PDF, 132k
"I have come to heal..." - Restorative Justice
PDF, 132k
"For I was in prison and you visited me." - Prison Conditions
PDF, 52k
Post Release From Prison
PDF, 28k
Women in Prison
PDF, 24k
Call to Action
PDF, 24k
ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Economic Justice for All
Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy U. S. Catholic Bishops, 1986:
http://www.osjspm.org/cst/eja.htm
A Decade after Economic Justice for All:
Continuing Principles, Changing Context, New Challenges
National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1995:
http://www.osjspm.org/cst/ten-aniv.htm
PEACE
The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our Response -- Part 1 U.S. Bishops, 1983:
http://www.osjspm.org/cst/cp.htm
The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our Response -- Part 2 U.S. Bishops, 1983:
http://www.osjspm.org/cst/cp2.htm
Toward a Responsible Transition in Iraq A Statement of Bishop Thomas G. Wenski Bishop of Orlando Chairman, USCCB Committee on International Policy January 12, 2006:
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/iraqstatement0106.htm
LIFE ISSUES
Living the Gospel of Life: A Challenge to American Catholics A Statement by the Catholic Bishops of the United States 1998:
http://www.usccb.org/prolife/gospel.htm
When I Call for Help: A Pastoral Response to Domestic Violence Against Women Issued by USCCB, November 12, 2002
http://www.usccb.org/laity/help.shtml
IMMIGRATION
Statement of Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick Archbishop of Washington on
Comprehensive Immigration Reform March 1, 2006:
http://www.usccb.org/mrs/mccarrick.shtml
Fr. Carl Vacek, T.O.R., serving the Diocese as Pastoral Minister for Hispanic Outreach, shares a thought-provoking essay on immigration reform.
Click here to view.
ENVIRONMENT
The Call of Creation: God's Invitation and the Human Response: The Natural Environment and Catholic Social Teaching Bishops of the United Kingdom 2002:
http://www.ofm-jpic.org/ecology/callofcreation.html
WATER, AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT FOR LIFE, A CONTRIBUTION OF THE DELEGATION OF THE HOLY SEE ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD WORLD WATER FORUM (Kyoto, 16th-23rd March 2003):
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace/documents/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20030322_kyoto-water_en.html
WATER, AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT FOR LIFE AN UPDATE; A CONTRIBUTION OF THE HOLY SEE TO THE FOURTH WORLD WATER FORUM (MEXICO CITY, 16 - 22 MARCH 2006):
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/justpeace/documents/rc_pc_justpeace_doc_20060322_mexico-water_en.html
CLIMATE CHANGE
Global Climate Change:A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence,
and the Common Good A Statement of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops June 15, 2001
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/globalclimate.htm