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The areas of expertise for staff members of the USCCB have been indexed by topic. There are several areas of overlap, and users are advised to compare the biography entries for the sources listed to ensure they are seeking the persons best suited for their questions.

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A

Abortion (See also Pro-Life)


Adult Faith Formation

Africa

African Americans

Agriculture

Anglican Church

Arms Control/Disarmament

Asia

    Assisted Suicide

    Assyrian Church of the East


    B

    Benedict XVI, Pope

    Bible, New American

    Bioethics

    Buddhism


      C

      Canon Law

      Canonization Causes Capital Punishment

      Caribbean

      Catechetics (see Education)

      Catechism of the Catholic Church

      Catholic Campaign for Human Development

      Catholic News

      Charter for Protection of Children and Young People

      Child Care

        Child Sexual Abuse

        Children's Health and Environment

        Christian Unity (See Ecumenism/Interreligious Dialogue)

        Church Finances
        Church Management
        Church Personnel/Religion Labor Coalitions
        Church-State Relations (See also Government Relations and Public Policy)
          Civil Rights


          Clergy
          Cloning
          Communications
          Communities, Small
          Aguilera-Titus, Alejandro
          McCord, H. Richard

          Community Organizing
          McCloud, Ralph


          Conversion to Catholicism

          Copyright/Permissions

          Corporate Social Responsibility
          Councils, Parish and Diocesan
          Cultural Diversity


          D

          Deacons

          Death/Dying

          Death Penalty (See Capital Punishment)

            Debt Relief, International

            Demographics

            Doctrine

            Domestic Social Policy

            Domestic Violence


            E

            Eastern Catholic Churches

            Eastern Europe, Church in

            Economy

            Ecumenism/Interreligious Dialogue

            Education

            Education Catechesis

            Employment (See also Labor; Public Policy)

            Environment

            Ethnic and Racial Diversity

            Eucharist

            European Affairs

            Euthanasia

            Evangelical Church

            Evangelization

            Extractive Industries


            F

            Family

            Farmworkers

              Feminism

              Finance

              First Amendment

              Foreign Assistance


              G

              Globalization

              Global Climate Change

              Global Missions


              H

              Health Care

              Hinduism

              Hispanic Ministries, Demographics

              HIV/AIDS

              Housing

              Human Cloning

              Human Resources/Personnel

              Human Sexuality

              Human Trafficking


              I

              Immigration

              Inclusive Language (See Liturgy)

              Intellectual Property

              Grincewich, Katherine

              Inter-church Marriages

              McCord, H. Richard

              International Human Rights

              International Justice and Peace

              International Trade

              Internet

              Interreligious Dialogue (See Ecumenism, Interreligious Dialogue)

              Iraq

              Islam


              J

              Judaism


              L

              Labor (Also see Public Policy)

              Laity

              Latin America

              Lay Ministry

              Liturgy

              Lutherans


              M

              Marketing/Promotions

              Marriage (Also see Sacraments)

              Media (See Communications)

              Medical Moral Issues

              Middle East

              Migration and Migrants

              Missions

              Movies and Television (See Communications)


              N

              National Collections

              Native Americans

              New Media

              Nuclear Weapons


              O

              Older Persons

              Orthodox Church


              P

              Papal Succession

              Parish Councils

              Parish Ministry Formation

              Parish Social Ministry

              Patristics, Medieval and Contemporary

              Peace Issues (Also see Public Policy/International Justice and Peace)

              Pedophilia

              Polish National Catholic Church

              Political Responsibility

              Poverty

              Preaching

              Presbyterian Church

                Priests (see Clergy)

                Prison Ministry

                Pro-Life

                Public Policy

                Publishing


                R

                Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) (See Conversion to Catholicism)

                Refugees

                Religious Liberty

                Religious Life

                Right to Die

                Russia, Church in


                S

                Sacraments

                Scripture

                Social Justice/Social Teaching

                Socially Responsible Investment

                Spirituality

                Stem Cell Research

                Stewardship


                T

                Tax Exemption and Churches

                Television (See Communications)

                Theology

                Theology of the Body

                Torture


                U

                Universal Church

                Urban Issues


                V

                Vatican II

                Violence

                Vocations (See Clergy)

                Vouchers, Educational


                W

                War and Peace

                Welfare (Also see Public Policy)

                  Women in the Church


                  Y

                  Youth Ministry

                  Youth Protection

                  Yugoslavia: War, Peace, Reconciliation

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