UN Climate Conference Ends with Impasse
The preparatory conference for COP 29, held in Bonn, Germany, stalled over questions of financing.
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Environmental Justice
Climate change is at the center of the environmental challenges facing the global community. Maryknoll missioners around the world witness firsthand the devastating impacts of the changing climate, most egregiously on those who have contributed least to climate change, communities that are poor, powerless, and pushed to the margins by society.
We educate for environmental justice by first clarifying and deepening our own comprehension of these insights: that every creature has the right to be; the right to its habitat; and the right to make its own contribution to all of life. We believe that the global failure to protect our Common Home has become, in reality, a simultaneous assault on the poor and a form of environmental racism.
Maryknoll Leadership Statement on Pope Francis’ encyclical “On Care for Our Common Home“
MARYKNOLL REFLECTIONS ON LAUDATO SI: Ecological conversion: Called to hope, spurred to action
POLICY BRIEF: Climate Change and Care for Creation
WEBINAR: Climate Change and the 2020 Elections
ARTICLE: Maryknoll Missioners Take Climate Action
SPECIAL PROGRAM: Integral Ecology Program
NEWSLETTER: Encounters Where Faith, Economy, Ecology Meet
The Threat of Deep-Sea Mining
UN authorities and environmental experts struggle to confront the threats posed by underwater mining.
Celebrate World Environment Day
Happy World Environment Day! Learn more about how to faithfully respond to the call to restore Earth’s ecosystems by joining the Catholic Climate Covenant tomorrow, June 6 at 1pm ET for a webinar titled…
Why Innovative Sources of Finance and Financial System Reform Matter: A Moral Case
Side Event for the 2024 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn
Tell Congress to Pass a Farm Bill for People and Planet
Write to Congress urging a Farm Bill that considers climate change and addresses world hunger. This morning, May 23, Congress begins the first edits on a Farm Bill that will…
Celebrate Laudato Si Week
Nine years ago, Pope Francis gifted the world with Laudato Si’, an encyclical named for the canticle of Saint Francis that calls us to care for our Common Home and…
Risks of Green Extractivism
As nations in the Global North rush to transition to carbon-neutral energy, extractive industries exploit countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo to meet the growing mineral demand.
Solidarity with the Maasai of Tanzania
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns supports efforts by the Maasai people of northern Tanzania to protect their ancestral land.
Peru: Faith-filled Defense of Safe Water
Former Maryknoll Lay Missioner Barbara Fraser reports of recent legal victories for water defenders.
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Maryknoll Sister Doreen Longres in Peru reflects on Jesus’ call that we love one another. This reflection was previously published in 2018.
Maryknoll OGC Joins 35 Faith Groups in Letter to Loss and Damage Fund Board Members
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns coordinated a letter from 35 different faith groups in a letter to the newly appointed Loss and Damage Fund Board Members who meet for the first time this week. The letter requests that the Fund be accessible, effective, and debt-free; that it consider objectives holistically between economic and non-economic damage; and that plan a long-term strategy to address its true need.
Earth Day Resources 2024
Celebrate Earth Day with events, actions, and two-pagers and briefs on the proper care for creation.
Every Day is Earth Day for Indigenous Peoples
Join us, in person or online for some of the events this week with the Brazilian and Peruvian leaders of the Catholic Ecclesial Network of the Amazon (REPAM).
Celebrate World Water Day
The theme for 2024 is “Leveraging Water for Peace.”
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Maryknoll Sister Susan Nchubiri is reminded of the wisdom of ancestors in the keeping of our covenant with God.
Virtual Good Friday Way of the Cross for Peace and Justice
Sign up for the live zoom event for the annual Good Friday Way of the Cross for Peace and Justice, sponsored by Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns and other Catholic and faith groups in Washington, DC.
Mil-palabras for Milpas, Trade, and Food Justice
The United States challenges Mexico’s policy of limiting the importation of genetically modified corn and glyphosate.
Biden Administration Pauses Natural Gas
Longterm investments in fossil fuel infrastructure, which have the potential to spew methane, were halted.