Catholic Perspectives:
On Current Issues in American Politics
Click here for the online materials relating to previous seminars.Click here for a provocative article in a recent issue of America.
The War Against Iraq (September 22, 2003)
Statement on Iraq (Bishop Gregory) (February, 2003)
The Way to Peace: Resources for Dioceses and Parishes (February, 2003)
The Economic Crisis and Taxation Policy (September 29, 2003)
Economic Justice for All (1986)
Catholic Framework for Economic Life (November, 1996)
Criminal Justice and the Death Penalty (October 6, 2003)
Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice (November, 2000)
Bishops' Statement on the Execution of Timothy McVeigh (May, 2001)
Catholics Against Capital Punishment
Immigration (October 13, 2003)Welcoming the Stranger Among Us (November, 2000)
A Statement of the United States' Catholic BishopsStrangers No Longer: Together on a Journey of Hope (January, 2003)
Pastoral Letter Concerning Migration from the Catholic Bishops of Mexico and the United States
Cloning and Stem Cell Research (October 20, 2003)
Pro-Life Activities: Stem Cell Research (February, 2003)
Fact sheets and documents relating to the issueCritical Decisions: Genetic Testing and Its Implications (1996)
"This statement is the second in a series designed to show how religion and science can offer complementary insights on complex topics like the emerging biotechnologies. It is offered to people of science and of faith, indeed, to all those concerned with the moral implications of humanity’s new knowledge and power."
Health Care (October 27, 2003)
Health Care for the Uninsured (February, 2002)
Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, Fourth Edition (June, 2001)
The Louisiana Gubernatorial Election of 2003