Asylum Policy and Our Nation’s Values
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Heidi Cerneka, an immigration attorney in El Paso, speaks out against the recent changes to U.S. asylum policy on the southern border.
Zimbabwe: Human Trafficking Recruitment
Zimbabwe is experiencing significant challenges politically, economically and environmentally. Sister Janice McLaughlin, M.M., writes from the capital city of Harare about new patterns in human trafficking recruitment that have emerged amid these great pressures.
Immigration: New “Public Charge” Rule
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns stands against the final version of the “public charge” rule which will bar those who have received some forms of government assistance from gaining legal immigration status.
Climate Change and Our Food
The United Nations’ International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released a report about the impact of climate change on our food production and our food’s production’s impact on climate change.
Catholic Campaign to End Child Detention
Dan Moriarty of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns reflects on his decision to join more than 70 Catholic leaders in a prayer vigil and in nonviolent civil disobedience at the U.S. Capitol on July 18 in an effort to pressure government leaders to end the immoral practice of detaining immigrant children.
Amazon Synod: Extractive Industries
The Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian Region is scheduled to take place in Rome from October 6-27 on the theme, “Amazonia: new paths for the Church and for an integral ecology.” Extractive industries are a probable major topic at the meeting.
Letter to the Editor: End the Divisive Political Language
Maryknoll Sister Antoinette “Nonie” Gutzler wrote a letter to the editor which was published in the New York Times. She highlighed that 660+ Catholic sisters recently signed on to a letter urging President Trump to end all divisive rhetoric.
Building a Movement to End Child Detention
Dan Moriarty of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns tells why he joined the Catholic Day of Action for Immigrant Children on July 18, 2019.
Synod for the Amazon: What to expect
The Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian Region is scheduled to take place in Rome from October 6-27 on the theme, “Amazonia: new paths for the Church and for an integral ecology.”
Resources in the July-August 2019 issue of NewsNotes
Find links to bulletins on the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, a discussion guide for the book Choosing Peace, a video on the latest figures on displaced peoples from the UN Refugee Agency, and much more.
United Nations: Concerns over nominee for U.S. Ambassador
At a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on June 19, Kelly Knight Craft, the current U.S. Ambassador to Canada, and nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, was questioned about her hundreds of absences and conflicts of interest related to extensive investments in coal and other fossil fuel industries in light of the UN’s priority focus on combating climate change.
Philippines: Rural Missionaries face ‘red-tagging’
The impunity of human rights violators in the Philippines continues to worsen as killings of, and trumped-up charges filed against, dissenting social movement leaders and religious groups add to the already bloody campaign of the government against drugs.
Israel-Palestine: New economic peace plan
Palestinians deride new U.S.-led peace plan as an “economy first” approach doomed to fail.
Iran: Letter to Congress to stop march to war
Escalating tensions between Iran and the United States have raised the prospect of a military conflict. The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns and 61 organizations sent the following letter to Congress on May 21, 2019.
Guatemala: Maryknoll Affiliate targeted
Maryknoll Affiliate Claudia Samayoa and fellow Guatemalan Jose Martinez face false accusations of criminal behavior by the president of Guatemala’s Supreme Court for speaking out against corruption and impunity.
Brazil: Bolsonaro challenges the Catholic Church
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s opposition to the Catholic Church is coming to a head over the Amazon.
Sudan: Nonviolent protesters need support
June 3 is the Feast of the Ugandan Martyrs, commemorating the execution of 45 young men for their faith in 1886. A similar massacre has again occurred on this day, this time in Sudan.
United Nations: Forests and climate change
The global community gathered at the United Nations in New York in May to take action on behalf of the world’s forests. The following article was published in the July-August 2019 issue of NewsNotes.