Capital Punishment
Capital punishment violates the dignity of the human person, who is made in the image and likeness of God. Even those who... Read More
Criminal Justice System
We are guided by the paradoxical Catholic teaching on crime and punishment: We will not tolerate the crime and violence that threatens... Read More
Domestic Abuse
A person doesn’t have to hit for it to be abuse. He or she can degrade, humiliate, blame, curse, manipulate, or try... Read More
Economic Justice
All economic life should be shaped by moral principles. Economic choices and institutions must be judged by how they protect or... Read More
Education System
It is the proper function of authority, in the name of the common good, to make accessible to each what is needed... Read More
Environment
Increased temperatures, rising sea levels and changes in rainfall are impacts of climate change, and they affect people living in poverty the... Read More
Gender Inequality
Men and women have been created, which is to say, willed by God: in perfect equality as human persons; and in their... Read More
Gun Violence
As bishops, we support measures that control the sale and use of firearms and make them safer — especially efforts that prevent... Read More
Health Care
Every human being has a right to life, the fundamental right that makes all other rights possible, and a right to access... Read More
Human Trafficking
Whatever insults human dignity, such as subhuman living conditions, arbitrary imprisonment, deportation, slavery, prostitution, the selling of women and children; as well... Read More
Immigration
Persons have the right to migrate to support themselves and their families. The more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they... Read More
Minimum Wage
All people have the right to economic initiative, to productive work, to just wages and benefits, to decent working conditions, as well... Read More
Religious Intolerance
The glorification of hatred is predicated on a foundation of fear-induced ignorance, venomous to haters and those they believe they hate. Aberjhani... Read More
Voting Rights
In the Catholic Tradition, responsible citizenship is a virtue, and participation in political life is a moral obligation. People in every nation... Read More
Wage Theft
You shall not defraud a poor and needy hired servant, whether he be one of your own countrymen or one of the... Read More
Water Access
Without water, life is threatened, therefore the right to safe drinking water is a universal and inalienable right. The Compendium of Social... Read More