Alliance wants to see Catholic social teaching part of policy debates

Published: 2006-08-15

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- With fall elections approaching, the group Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good is gearing up to present voters with information on Catholic social teaching on a variety of topics. Working primarily through grass-roots organizing and a speaker's bureau, the group has slowly been building a network of people with expertise in Catholic social teaching. It pulls together resources and members from 15 Catholic organizations representing clergy, religious orders and laypeople. Executive director Alexia Kelley said although the group first began coming together nearly two years ago it officially came into existence in July 2005 and began an organized outreach to the news media this July. That was followed by the Aug. 2 release of a statement from a dozen Catholic organizations about pending legislation on the minimum wage. It was signed by organizations including the Franciscan Federation, the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, the National Catholic Rural Life Conference and Pax Christi USA.

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