General Social Justice
Everyday Christianity: To Hunger and Thirst for Justice, November 1999
In All Things Charity: A Pastoral Challenge for the New Millennium, November 1999
Sharing Catholic Social Teaching: Challenges and Directions, June 1999
Communities of Salt and Light, November 1993
Politics and Citizenship
Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, November 2007
Catholics in Political Life, June 2004
Criminal Justice System
A Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death, November 2005
Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice, November 2000
A Good Friday Appeal to End the Death Penalty, April 1999
Statement on Capital Punishment, November 1980
Work, Economics and Poverty
Labor Day Statements Archive
“For I Was Hungry and You Gave Me Food” Catholic Reflections on Food, Farmers, and Farmworkers, December 2003
A Place at the Table: A Catholic Recommitment to Overcome Poverty and to Respect the Dignity of All God’s Children, December 2002
A Jubilee Call for Debt Forgiveness, April 1999
A Commitment to All Generations: Social Security and the Common Good, May 1999
A Catholic Framework for Economic Life, November 1996
A Decade After Economic Justice for All, November 1995
Economic Justice for All, November 1986
International Relations and Immigration
Strangers No Longer, January 2003, Joint Statement from Bishops of the United States and Mexico
Statement on Israeli-Palestinian Violence, March 2002
A Call to Solidarity with Africa, November 2001
Resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis, June 2001
Called to Global Solidarity, November 1997
Ecology
Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence, and the Common Good, June 2001
Renewing the Earth, 1991
War and Peace
A Pastoral Message: Living with Faith and Hope After September 11, November 2001
Sowing Weapons of War, June 1995
The Harvest of Justice is Sown in Peace, November 1993
The Challenge of Peace, 1983
Declaration on Conscientious Objection and Selective Conscientious Objection, October 1971
Dignity of the Human Person November 1998
Living the Gospel of Life, November 1998
Confronting a Culture of Violence, November 1994
When I call for Help: A Pastoral Response to Domestic Violence Against Women, September 1992
A Matter of Heart, November 1992
Brothers and Sisters to Us, 1979