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During the lead-up to the general election of 2024, CCSTP produced resources to help Catholic groups and parishes take the opportunity to apply the principles of Catholic Social Teaching to promote justice, peace and human dignity before, during and after the election campaign.

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This project started in 2021 to bring people together to explore Pope Francis’ encyclical letter, Fratelli Tutti.

We commissioned and published a series of blog articles exploring the various facets of the encyclical, and hosted an online panel.

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Dr Maria Exall led on this project to examine two contrasting models of ethical citizenship which could meet the challenges of the social alienation of Brexit, both of which draw upon CST and the Common Good tradition.

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The Centre for Catholic Social Thought and Practice worked in partnership with women@thewell and the Durham Centre for Catholic Studies on this exciting and groundbreaking project to produce robust, research-based resources to support the development of Catholic social thought in relation to prostitution.

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Dr Mark Hayes worked with Clifford Longley and representatives of the Blueprint for a Better Business, the Common Good Foundation and CAFOD, to take another look at Company Law reform in the light of Catholic Social Thought.

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This research project aimed to change the debate about work within the Church, and faith-based public policy debate to help equip faith-based bodies to challenge the dominance of neo-liberal narratives about market relations as they pertain to work.