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Protecting Human Life    Promoting Human Life   

Pursuing Social Justice   Practicing Global Solidarity 

Protecting Human Life

A Matter of the Heart: A Statement on the Thirtieth Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, 2002
www.usccb.org/prolife/heart.shtml 

Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities: A Campaign in Support of Life, 2001
www.usccb.org/prolife/pastoralplan.shtml  

Living the Gospel of Life: A Challenge to American Catholics, 1998 
www.usccb.org/prolife/gospel.shtml 

Faithful for Life: A Moral Reflection, 1995 
www.usccb.org/prolife/tdocs/faithfulforlife.pdf 

Resolution on Abortion, 1989 
www.usccb.org/prolife/tdocs/resabort89.shtml 

Statement on Iraq, 2002 
www.usccb.org/bishops/iraq.shtml 

A Pastoral Message: Living with Faith and Hope After September 11, 2001
www.usccb.org/sdwp/sept11.shtml 

Sowing the Weapons of War, 1995 
www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/weaponsofwar.shtml 

The Harvest of Justice Is Sown in Peace, 1993 
www.usccb.org/sdwp/harvest.shtml

The Challenge of Peace: God’s Promise and Our Response, 1983
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/TheChallengeofPeace.pdf 

Welcome and Justice for Persons with Disabilities, 1999 
www.usccb.org/doctrine/disabilities.htm 

Nutrition and Hydration: Moral and Pastoral Reflections, 1992 
www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/euthanas/nutindex.shtml 

Statement on Euthanasia, 1991
www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/euthanas/euthnccb.shtml 

Pastoral Statement of U.S. Catholic Bishops on Persons with Disabilities, 1984
www.ncpd.org/pastoral_statement_1978.htm 

A Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death, 2005 
www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/penaltyofdeath.pdf 

Confronting a Culture of Violence, 1995
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/criminal/ccv94.shtml 

Statement on Capital Punishment, 1980
www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/criminal/death/uscc80.shtml 


Promoting Family Life

National Directory for Catechesis, 2005
www.usccb.org/education/ndc/index.shtml 

Renewing Our Commitment to Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools in the Third Millennium, 2005
www.usccb.org/bishops/schools.pdf 

Sharing Catholic Social Teaching: Challenges and Directions, 1998
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/projects/socialteaching/socialteaching.shtml 

Principles for Educational Reform in the United States, 1995
www.usccb.org/education/parentassn/reform.shtml 

When I Call for Help: A Pastoral Response to Domestic Violence Against Women, 2002
www.usccb.org/laity/help.shtml 

A Family Perspective in Church and Society, 1998
www.usccb.org/laity/marriage/family.shtml 

Blessings of Age, 1999
www.usccb.org/laity/blessings 

Between Man and Woman: Questions and Answers About Marriage and Same-SexUnions, 2003
www.usccb.org/laity/manandwoman.shtml 

Walk in the Light: A Pastoral Response to Child Sexual Abuse, 1995
http://www.usccb.org/laity/walk.shtml 

Follow the Way of Love: A Pastoral Message to Families, 1993 
http://www.usccb.org/laity/follow.shtml


Pursuing Social Justice 

“For I Was Hungry and You Gave Me Food”: Catholic Reflections on Food, Farmers and Farmworkers, 2003
www.usccb.org/bishops/agricultural.shtml 

Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope, 2003
http://www.usccb.org/mrs/stranger.shtml 

A Place at the Table: A Catholic Recommitment to Overcome Poverty and to Respect the Dignity of All God’s Children, 2002 
www.usccb.org/bishops/table.shtml 

Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (Fourth Edition),2001
www.usccb.org/bishops/directives.shtml 

Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence, and the Common Good, 2001
www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/globalclimate.shtml 

Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime andCriminal Justice, 2000
www.usccb.org/sdwp/criminal.shtml 

A Commitment to All Generations: Social Security and the Common Good, 1999
www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/commitment.shtml 

In All Things Charity: A Pastoral Challenge for the New Millennium, 1999
www.usccb.org/cchd/charity.shtml 

Confronting a Culture of Violence: A Catholic Framework for Action, 1995
www.usccb.org/sdwp/national/criminal/ccv94.shtml 

The Harvest of Justice Is Sown in Peace, 1993
www.usccb.org/sdwp/harvest.shtml 

Renewing the Earth: An Invitation to Reflection and Action on the Environment in Lightof  Catholic Social Teaching, 1992
www.usccb.org/sdwp/ejp/bishopsstatement.shtml 

Brothers and Sisters to Us: Pastoral Letter on Racism in Our Day, 1989
www.usccb.org/saac/bishopspastoral.shtml 

Called to Compassion and Responsibility: A Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis, 1989
www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/ctoresp.shtml 

Economic Justice for All, 1986
www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/EconomicJusticeforAll.pdf 


Practicing Global Solidarity

A Call to Solidarity with Africa, 2001
www.usccb.org/sdwp/africa.shtml 

A Jubilee Call for Debt Forgiveness, 1999
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/adminstm.shtml 

Called to Global Solidarity: International Challenges for U.S. Parishes, 1998
www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/globalsolidarity.shtml 

Sowing the Weapons of War, 1995
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/weaponsofwar.shtml 

The Harvest of Justice Is Sown in Peace, 1993
www.usccb.org/sdwp/harvest.shtml 

Toward Peace in the Middle East, 1989
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/TowardPeaceintheMiddleEast.pdf 

Statement on Central America
www.usccb.org/sdwp/international/cenamst.shtml 


 

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