A woman rabbi shares in an interview with Maryknoll Lay Missioner Kathy Bond what she would say, if given the opportunity, to Pope Francis and others meeting in Rome for the Synod on the Amazon, regarding the value of indigenous spirituality and traditions in helping to heal our broken world.
In an interview with Maryknoll Lay Missioner Kathy Bond, an Aboriginal woman and traditional healer from Australia describes the kinship she feels with the indigenous people of the Amazon. She identifies common aspects of their spiritualities and explains how she feels when indigenous ways of life are threatened in any part of the world.
This is the acceptance speech given by one of the the recipients of this year’s Letelier-Moffit International Human Rights Award, given on October 3, 2019. The recipeints are environmental defenders from Honduras.
A Namibian woman human rights activist shares what she would say, if given the opportunity, to Pope Francis and the Catholic bishops and auditors meeting in Rome for the Synod on the Amazon, regarding the value of indigenous spirituality and traditions in helping to heal our broken world.
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Kathy Bond in João Pessoa, Brazil, interviewed indigenous women and women invited to participate in the Synod on the Amazon.
A Native American woman medicine healer shares what she would say, if given the opportunity, to Pope Francis and the Catholic bishops and auditors meeting in Rome for the Synod on the Amazon, regarding the value of indigenous spirituality and traditions in helping to heal our broken world.
This is a statement from the participants of the Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation Commission and Mining Seminar, held in Rome September 25-27, 2019.
Kathy Bond, a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in João Pessoa, Brazil, reports on an international gathering of women spiritual practitioners in Peru this past September.
Sister Roselei Bertoldo, ICM, offered the following comments on the concerns of women and indigenous communities in the Amazon just days before traveling to Rome to participate in the Synod on the Amazon.
Read our statement and find more resources on the Synod on the Amazon.
The plan to admit only 18,000 refugees in 2020 is a moral failure for the United States.
Sr. Janice McLaughlin, M.M, describes her first-hand experience with the Zimbabwean leader, Robert Mugabe, and highlights his transformation over time and the legacy he has left in modern Zimbabwe.
Rick Dixon, a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in El Salvador, offers a reflection on the deaths of Valeria and Óscar Martinez, the father and daughter who drowned trying to cross the Rio Grande in July, and what their deaths demonstrate about the systems that failed them.
Find links to bulletins on the Synod on the Amazon, information on the youth-led climate strike in September, updates on inspiring actions against climate change, and much more.
Sr. Marvie Misolas, M.M., considers the limitations and dangers of the concept of “liberal peace,” and reflects on the notion of “liberating peace.”
The following is an excerpt from Pope Francis’s message for World Migrant and Refugee Day 2019 on September 29. He implores Christians to look inside themselves and develop dispositions that will allow them to embrace their vocation to welcome the weak and marginalized.
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Joanne Blaney, who works to promote restorative justice in São Paulo, Brazil, explains how a recent prison massacre in Brazil reflects the grave problems in the justice system.
The prevention and control of malaria remains a serious problem in Uganda and in nearby countries.
