On 3rd March 2010 the Bishops launched Choosing the Common Good to present key themes in Catholic Social Teaching as a contribution to the wide-ranging debate about the values and vision that underpin our society. The document anticipates the forthcoming general election, but the Bishops argue that finding a shared vision for society is more urgent than the detail of particular party policies. "Where there is no vision, the people perish" (Proverbs 29:18). The Bishops argue that social issues cannot be left only to government to solve, but are the responsibility of all. Ultimately Choosing the Common Good is about human flourishing. It does not offer a direction on how to vote, but forms a back-cloth to the more particular issues which may well dominate the election itself. The application of the key themes of Catholic Social Teaching include life itself; poverty and inequality; care of the elderly, community relations and migration; the global community and ecology, marriage and family life and the role of faith communities. The Bishops argue that the Church has a distinct role in building a society which allows for the flourishing of all.
The full text of Choosing the Common Good is available on http://www.catholicchurch.org.uk/
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Catholic Care acts to support those in need of its services, especiallly the weak and the vunerable and it acts as an advocate for those unable to represent themselves
The primary purpose of the agency is to foster and influence a vision of how people can live together in Christian charity, love and justice, by taking the "Caring Church into the Community
