Catholic Charities USA: Founded in the spirit of Catholic values, teaching, and traditions, Catholic Charities vigorously advocates for the reduction of poverty and works to build a sense of solidarity among those in charitable ministries.
Catholic Campaign for Human Development: The Catholic Campaign for Human Development is the domestic anti-poverty, social justice program of the U.S. Catholic bishops.
Global Poverty
Catholic Relief Services: Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the U.S. Catholic community and works to alleviate suffering and provide assistance to people in need in over 100 countries.
Caritas Internationalis: Caritas Internationalis is a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organizations working to build a better world, especially for the poor and oppressed, in over 200 countries and territories.
Center of Concern: An international center dedicated to the study of issues relating to development, justice, and peace from a Christian perspective, the Center of Concern in Washington, D.C., works to promote economic and social justice in a global context.
USCCB on Global Poverty: This collaborative webpage by the USCCB and CRS advocates for U.S. policies that foster economic and social development for people living in poverty throughout the world.
Immigration
Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope: A pastoral letter concerning migration from the Bishops of Mexico and the United States, Strangers No Longeris the first letter jointly written by the two bishops’ conferences.
Advocacy
Bread for the World: A collective Christian voice working to end hunger at home and abroad by advocating for changes in the policies, programs and conditions that allow hunger and poverty to persist.
Pax Christi USA: This organization is committed to peace education that strives to create a world that reflects the Peace of Christ by exploring, articulating, and witnessing to the call of Christian nonviolence.
NETWORK: A Catholic leader in the global movement for justice and peace, educates, organizes and lobbies for economic and social transformation.
Faithful Citizenship: A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility: Built around the United States bishops’ November 2007 reflection Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, this site offers a variety of resources related to Catholic teaching and political life. Included are resources for prayer, reflection, social action and education.
Labor
Transform Work: Transform Work (Brook House, Ouse Walk, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England PE29 3QW) is a clearinghouse of information and materials relating to the faith and work movement in England and elsewhere.
Dialogue on the Spirituality of Work: Greg Pierce, former president of the National Center for the Laity, hosts a cyberspace "Dialogue on the Spirituality of Work." Email for more information.
