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Catholic Peace and Justice Links
"The Spirit of the
Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to
the blind,
to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the
Lord"
-Luke
4:18-19.
Catholic Charities
The largest private network of social service organizations in the United States
works to support families, reduce poverty, and build communities.
Catholic Peace Fellowship
The Catholic Peace Fellowship supports Catholics committed to practicing
Christ's peace It offers counseling and support to Catholics who wish to become
conscientious objectors to war and to other forms of violence.
Catholic Relief Services
Founded in 1943 by the Catholic
Bishops of the United States, the mission of Catholic Relief Services is to
assist the poor and disadvantaged, leveraging the teachings of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ to alleviate human suffering, promote development of all people and
to foster charity and justice throughout the world.
 Catholic Worker Movement
The Catholic Worker Movement is grounded in a firm belief in the God-given
dignity of every human person. Catholic Worker communities remain committed to
nonviolence, voluntary poverty, prayer, and hospitality for the homeless,
exiled, hungry, and forsaken. Catholic Workers continue to protest injustice,
war, racism, and violence of all forms.
 Pax Christi USA
/ International
Pax Christi USA strives to
create a world that reflects the Peace of Christ by exploring, articulating, and
witnessing to the call of Christian nonviolence. It rejects war, preparations
for war, and every form of violence and domination. It advocates primacy of
conscience, economic and social justice, and respect for creation.
Consistent Life (The Seamless Garment)
Consistent Life is an organization committed to the protection of life, which is
threatened in today’s world by war, the arms race, abortion, poverty, racism,
capital punishment, and euthanasia. It believes that these issues are linked
under a ‘consistent ethic of life,’ and challenges those working on all or some
of these issues to maintain a cooperative spirit of peace, reconciliation, and
respect in protecting the unprotected.
Catholics United for Life
Catholics United for come together to pray and give witness
for the protection of all pre-born humans.
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