Bishops Pastoral Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy, 1984-1985

"End Results: The Impact of Federal Policies Since 1980 on Low Income Americans," Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, Interfaith Action for Economic Justice, September 1984; Outline of Statement on the Community and Social Justice (re Catholic Bishops Pastoral); letter from Ed Cleary, president, NYS AFL-CIO, to Archbishop John O'Connor, Archdiocese of New York, expressing support for pastoral letter on U.S. economy, May 6, 1985; AFL-CIO press release, Remarks of AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Thomas R. Donohue to the 3rd Annual Religion and Labor Conference, "Preserving Human Worth in a Changing World Economy," February 9, 1985; AFL-CIO press release in support of first draft of pastoral letter on the economy by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, November 14, 1984, including statement by President Kirkland and longer analysis by director of AFL-CIO Department of Economic Research; paper by Presbyterian Church USA Office of the General Assembly, "Christian Faith and Economic Justice," 1984; brochure by the bishops of the United Methodist Church, "Call to the Churches on Domestic Hunger and the Economic Crisis," 1983; brochure by United Church of Christ, "Jesus Christ Frees and Unites: Racial and Economic Justice," 1975; article in Commentary, "Can the Bishops Help the Poor?" by Peter L. Berger, February 1985; article in The New Republic, "Perils of the Prophet Motive," by Charles Krauthammer, December 24, 1984