When and why was Catholics in Alliance founded?

Catholics in Alliance was founded in 2005 in response to a consensus among national Catholic social justice leaders that a strategic, coordinated approach to media and grassroots outreach was needed to strengthen the voice of the Catholic social tradition in the national values dialogue. Catholics in Alliance provides the only public networking space for the Catholic social justice community to come together for media and communications support, grassroots outreach and strategic coordination. We work with a network of more than 20 national Catholic and interfaith organizations that include laypeople, theologians, priests, and women religious committed to the Christian values of social justice, human dignity and the common good.