Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined faith groups in urging Congress to protect asylum in public statements. The statements were coordinated by Interfaith Immigrant Coalition. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 30, 2023 Washington, DC – As a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators negotiate President Biden’s supplemental funding request this week, faith groups are continuing to urge…
James H. Kroeger, MM, shares an exposition of Pope Francis’ latest apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum, originally written for the World Mission magazine in Manila (Comboni Missionaries) 2023.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joins 68 Bishops and Executive Leaders from churches and denominations from across the world to convey to President Biden the desperate need for the government of Israel to end the bombing campaign and ground invasion of Gaza immediately.
The leaders of thirty Christian church organizations, including the Maryknoll Lay Missioners, Maryknoll Sisters, and Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, signed a letter calling on President Biden for support of an immediate ceasefire, de-escalation, and restraint by all involved.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, in coordination with seven other Catholic groups, delivered a letter to President Biden, Treasury Secretary Yellen, and Secretary of State Blinken bearing signatures from over a thousand Catholics, requesting that debt forgiveness and restructuring be part of COP28 climate agenda.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined Public Citizen, the AFL-CIO, Sierra Club, and 200+ Organizations to urge Biden to Terminate Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Provisions in Existing U.S. Trade and Investment Agreements. ISDS is used by corporations to litigate against government over local environmental laws.
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Download the guide with reflections, small group questions, prayers, and actions based on each week of Advent’s scripture readings written by Maryknoll missioners and affiliates who attend to the needs of migrants and refugees.
Orbis Books publishes firsthand account of two years in the repressive dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet for the fiftieth anniversary of Chile’s coup.
New U.S. immigration policies protect some Venezuelans in the United States, and deportation for others.
Undocumented youth in the United States remain in legal limbo as courts argue the DACA program’s legality.
The drastic decline in world food security and nutrition in recent years drives home the urgency of confronting the root cause – inequality. Maryknoll Fr. Ken Thesing reports from the UN in Rome.
Unsustainably high debt obligations complicate the African continent’s efforts to confront climate change and promote economic and social development.
On October 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis released Laudate Deum, a follow-up to his landmark encyclical Laudato Si’. Here are some points in Laudate Deum that stood out to us.
Pope Francis wrote in his recent apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum about his concerns for the climate and hopes for action at the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai in December.
Church and community leaders in Latin America met in Panama to strengthen their efforts to protect communities from exploitative extractive industries.
Despite opposition by many Haitians, members of the Haitian diaspora, and faith groups, the UN Security Council approved sending a multinational armed force, led by Kenya, into Haiti.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns is working with the Latin American Working Group and the Guatemalan Human Rights Commission to gather signatures for a statement of solidarity with Guatemalan democracy protesters.
