Resources

JPIC Resource Links

Catholic Organizations

Vatican

http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

http://www.usccb.org/
Catholic Relief Services

http://www.crs.org/
The U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

http://www.usccb.org/cchd/
The national office of Catholic Charities USA

http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/
The Catholic News Service

http://www.catholicnews.com/
The Diocese of Cleveland

http://dioceseofcleveland.org/
Cleveland Catholic Charities

http://www.clevelandcatholiccharities.org/
Cleveland Catholic Charities Pro Life

http://www.clevelandcatholiccharities.org/prolife/
The Catholic Conference of Ohio

http://www.ohiocathconf.org/home_frameset.htm
The Catholic Conference of Ohio Rural Life

http://www.ohiocathconf.org/rural/rural_main.htm

Government

US House of Representatives Website

http://www.house.gov/
Guide to Government

http://www.guidetogov.org/
State of Ohio Website

http://ohio.gov/
Ways to contact the US Government

http://www.usa.gov/Contact.shtml

Integrity of Creation

Catholic Coalition on Climate Change

http://catholicclimatecovenant.org/

Death Penalty

The U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: Death Penalty Page

http://usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/death-penalty-capital-punishment/
Catholics Against Capital Punishment

http://www.cacp.org/
Journey of Hope: From Violence to Healing

http://www.journeyofhope.org
The Catholic Campaign to End the Use of the Death Penalty

http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/death-penalty-capital-punishment/catholic-campaign-to-end-the-use-of-the-death-penalty.cfm

Landmines

US Campaign to Ban Landmines

http://www.uscbl.org/

International

Africa

Catholic Relief Services

http://crs.org/
Coalition to Stop the use of Child Soldiers

http://www.child-soldiers.org
Save Darfur Coalition

http://www.savedarfur.org/

Religious/Research Institutes/NGOs

USCCB & CRS Catholic Campaign Against Global Poverty

http://old.usccb.org/sdwp/globalpoverty/
USCCB Debt Campaign Resources

http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/debt-relief/

http://www.jubileeusa.org/

Policy-related Organizations

World Bank

http://www.worldbank.org/
International Monetary Fund

http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm
United Nations Development Program

http://www.beta.undp.org/undp/en/home.html
International Trade

http://omiusajpic.org/issues/human-dignity/economic-justice/international-trade/
USCCB – Trade Issues

http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/global-issues/trade/
Bread for the World

http://www.bread.org/hunger/trade-agriculture/
Millennium Development Goals

http://omiusajpic.org/issues/human-dignity/economic-justice/millennium-development-goals/
Catholic Campaign Against Global Poverty

http://old.usccb.org/sdwp/globalpoverty/
UN Millennium Development Goals

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

Human Trafficking

USCCB – Human Trafficking

http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/human-trafficking/coalition-of-catholic-organizations-against-human-trafficking.cfm
The Collaboration on Human Trafficking

http://collaborativeinitiative.org

Government Websites on Human Trafficking

Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking

http://www.ungift.org/knowledgehub/
UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

http://www.unodc.org/unodc/ru/human-trafficking/index.html
UNANIMA International

http://www.unanima-international.org/eng/
US Department of Health and Human Services

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/

Immigration

Justice for Immigrants

http://www.justiceforimmigrants.org/index.shtml
Interfaith Worker Justice

http://www.iwj.org/template/index.cfm

Other

Catholic Social Teaching – 15 major themes of Catholic Social Teaching

http://omiusajpic.org/files/2008/02/Catholic-Social-Teaching.pdf
Catholic Social Teaching – USCCB; Seven Key Themes

http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catholic-social-teaching/seven-themes-of-catholic-social-teaching.cfm