Parish Resources: Economic Justice Issues
Poverty/Unemployment
- Economic Justice
- Catholic Teaching on Economic Life
- Reducing Poverty
- Catholics Confront Global Poverty
US Faith-Based Community Organizing
- PICO National Network Resources
- CCHD Awareness of Poverty Resources
- Catholic Campaign for Human Development Community Organizing Grants Criteria and Guidelines
- Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) Resources
- Regional Congregations and Neighborhood Organizations Training Center Resources
International Debt
- USCCB Resources on Debt Relief
- A Jubilee Call for Debt Forgiveness – USCCB Foundational Statement, April 1999
- Background on Debt Relief for Poor Countries – USCCB February 2008 – (PDF)
- A Catholic Campaign Against Global Poverty – Trade, Aid and Debt (PDF)
- Jubilee USA – Faith and Worship Resources
- Jubilee USA – Beginner’s Guide to Debt
International Trade
- USCCB Position and Resources on Trade
- USCCB Backgrounder on Trade (PDF)
- A Catholic Campaign Against Global Poverty – Trade, Aid and Debt (PDF)
Millennium Development Goals
- God’s Mission in the World, a study guide on global poverty and the Millennium Development Goals – MDGs – (PDF) Download or order from the ELCA Resource Catalog.
World Bank/IMF
- World Bank – Tools for Activists; An Information and Advocacy Guide to the World Bank Group – Bank information Center
- Moral imperatives for Addressing Structural Adjustment and Economic Reform Measures – Religious Working Group on the World Bank and IMF
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