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Faith Leaders Denounce Political Violence
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Faith Leaders Denounce Political Violence

October 1, 2025October 1, 2025

“Our sacred texts are clear: violence is never the answer,” say more than 100 faith leaders in statement denouncing political violence and attacks on free speech and nonprofit independence in the United States.

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Resources in NewsNotes Sept-Oct 2025

September 1, 2025September 4, 2025

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The Struggle to Protect Farmers’ Seed Systems
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The Struggle to Protect Farmers’ Seed Systems

September 1, 2025September 4, 2025

The following is a summary of a policy brief by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy about the unhealthy control industrial agriculture has over family farming around the world.

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Trump Administration Targets Legal Immigrants
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Trump Administration Targets Legal Immigrants

September 1, 2025September 4, 2025

The executive branch is waging legal warfare against the legal designations that protect people from deportation back to the dangerous countries they have fled. Immigration Advocacy Intern Rehema Klueg reports.

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Gaza: U.S. Christian Groups Oppose Israeli Military Plan
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Gaza: U.S. Christian Groups Oppose Israeli Military Plan

September 1, 2025September 4, 2025

Twenty member organizations of Churches for Middle East Peace released the following joint statement on Aug. 26 calling for Israel to halt its planned military offensive in Gaza City.

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Gaza: Orthodox Rabbis Call on Israel to Address Hunger
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Gaza: Orthodox Rabbis Call on Israel to Address Hunger

September 1, 2025September 4, 2025

Eighty Orthodox rabbis signed the following open letter on August 20, 2025, demanding “moral clarity, responsibility, and a Jewish Orthodox response” to what they called a humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

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Gaza: Greek and Latin Patriarchs Speak Against War
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Gaza: Greek and Latin Patriarchs Speak Against War

September 1, 2025September 4, 2025

In reaction to the Israeli government’s announcement of a plan to take control of Gaza, the Greek Orthodox and Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem issued the following joint statement on Aug. 26 calling for an end to the war.

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Sudan: Famine and Foreign Aid Cuts
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Sudan: Famine and Foreign Aid Cuts

September 1, 2025September 5, 2025

As new frontlines in the Sudanese civil war worsen the humanitarian crisis, U.S. and U.N. agencies cut international humanitarian funding. Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns Program Associate Fellow Mark Joyce reports.

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Haiti: Stop Illegal Weapons Trafficking from the U.S.
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Haiti: Stop Illegal Weapons Trafficking from the U.S.

September 1, 2025September 5, 2025

Ninety-six civil society organizations sent the following letter on August 26, 2025, to the leaders of the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security asking for immediate action to stop the flow of illegal weapons from the United States to Haiti.

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Haiti: A Perfect Storm of Suffering
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Haiti: A Perfect Storm of Suffering

September 1, 2025September 4, 2025

As the violent crisis in Haiti deepens, Haitians in the United States are going to court to protect their right to Temporary Protected Status.

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Global Plastics Treaty Setback
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Global Plastics Treaty Setback

September 1, 2025September 4, 2025

UN plastics treaty negotiations collapsed in August 2025 after countries failed to bridge fundamental divides, particularly regarding the contentious issue of whether to include limits on plastic production and restrict harmful chemicals.

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Catholics Work Together to Defend Climate Rules in U.S.
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Catholics Work Together to Defend Climate Rules in U.S.

September 1, 2025September 4, 2025

Eight U.S. Catholic organizations are working together to keep U.S. regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from cars and power plants.

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Global South Bishops Call for Climate Action at COP30
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Global South Bishops Call for Climate Action at COP30

September 1, 2025September 4, 2025

Catholic bishops from Africa, Asia and Latin America issued a joint statement to world leaders asking for transformative actions at the UN Climate Chance Conference COP30.

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Maryknoll Lay Missioners at 50 are Hope in the Darkness
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Maryknoll Lay Missioners at 50 are Hope in the Darkness

September 1, 2025September 4, 2025

Lay Missioners joined with Maryknoll Sisters, Fathers & Brothers, and Affiliates for celebration and reflection on being missioners of hope in dark times.

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Job Opening: Digital Media Specialist

August 28, 2025September 4, 2025

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Maryknoll OGC Joins 100+ Organizations in Calling on a Just Peace for Palestine
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Maryknoll OGC Joins 100+ Organizations in Calling on a Just Peace for Palestine

July 31, 2025October 1, 2025

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined over a hundred other organizations in a letter to leaders and delegates to the high-level UN Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine in support of a viable Palestinian state.

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Justice for Immigrants and Refugees Policy Brief

July 28, 2025July 28, 2025

This is an excerpt from our two-page policy brief on U.S. immigration and refugee policy.

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Maryknoll OGC Joins Open Letter in Support of H. Res. 317
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Maryknoll OGC Joins Open Letter in Support of H. Res. 317

July 15, 2025July 28, 2025

In an open letter to the U.S. House of Representatives, Maryknoll Office for Global concerns joined a coalition led by Back from the Brink: The Call to Prevent Nuclear War in a message in support of a House Resolution urging a reversal of the nuclear arms race.

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