Policy & Advocacy
Building Community: A Call to the Common Good A Catholic Message to Congress (2018)
Building Community: A Call to the Common Good A Catholic Message to Congress
Catholic Social Ministry Gathering: Hundreds of Catholic leaders from throughout our country are in our nation’s capital for the 2018 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering. Pope Francis calls us all to build community and strengthen the common good.
Every day, in every corner of the world, the Catholic Church--Catholic Charities, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Catholic Relief Services, and thousands of schools, hospitals, parishes and NGOs--works to draw a “Circle of Protection” around the “least of these.” The federal government is a vital partner in that work. Congress should resist budget cuts and prioritize programs that help people living in poverty, both at home and abroad. After 16 years of war, we have learned that force cannot achieve peace. Catholic Social Teaching tells us that integral development of peoples is the new name for peace and that peace is built on justice and solidarity.