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The Catholic Role in the Immigration Debate
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB/MRS) has partnered with The Catholic University of America to develop an educational website that highlights the role that the U.S. Catholic bishops and the institutional Church in the United States have played on immigration related issues, especially since the early twentieth century. For more information click here: http://libraries.cua.edu/achrcua/packets.html.



Just Peace
Statements relating to social justice by popes, church councils, national bishops' conferences, and individual bishops.
www.justpeace.org/docu.htm



Rerum Novarum  Documents
43 documents on Catholic social teaching from 1891
www.shc.edu/theolibrary/




Papal and Episcopal Documents relating to Catholic Social Justice Teaching
Catholic social justice teaching documents and statements relating to social justice by popes, church councils, national bishops' conferences, and individual bishops
www.justpeace.org/docu.htm



The Social Agenda
A collection of a papal statements arranged thematically: the human person, the family, the social order, the role of the state, etc
www.thesocialagenda.com/



This Land is Home to Me
A Pastoral letter on powerlessness in Appalachia-- 1975 landmark document by regional bishops.
www.cathcomappalachia.org/This%20Land%20is%20Home%20to%20Me.htm