Church Statements
U.S. Bishops' Pastoral Letter: Economic Justice for All (1986)
Economic Justice for All: Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy (1986)
In November 1986, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops adopted Economic Justice for All: Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy. To mark the document’s tenth anniversary, the U.S. Catholic bishops have issued two documents. A Decade After “Economic Justice for All”: Continuing Principles, Changing Context, New Challenges, which was approved in November 1995, is a pastoral reflection applying the message of Economic Justice for All to the economy of the ‘90s. A Catholic Framework for Economic Life, which was approved in November 1996, outlines ten key principles of Catholic social teaching on the economy.