Encounter #9: Laudato Si’ and Corporations
In this issue of Encounters, we look at the encyclical from the perspective of FEET’s fourth pillar, the need for a return of corporations to their proper place in society.
Other
Examples of other issues we work on include anti-racism, the response to HIV/AIDS, and human trafficking, among others.
Laudato Si’ and the new economy
More than 900 people from 42 states and 22 countries met at the CommonBound conference in Buffalo, New York in July. Chloe Schwabe and Dave Kane of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns attended.
Maryknoll welcomes new transparency rules for oil, gas, and mining companies
The Securities and Exchange Commission released a long-awaited new rule on Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act passed in 2010.
CommonBound Network Gathering
Join people of faith in seeking strategies for creating an inclusive economy, in Buffalo, New York, July 8–10. Hear from people of faith who are building the “inclusive economy” that Pope Francis and other faith leaders are calling us to embrace. Learn why this is a multi-faith movement. Share your strategies for creative change from…
Honduras: Indigenous peoples’ rights
The assassination of environmental and indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres in Honduras on March 3 brought international condemnation and action.
Philippines: Catholic clergy “break free from coal”
The following article about Philippine church leaders launching the global call to “break free from coal” in Quezon province, dubbed as the “coal capital” of the Philippines’ island of Luzon, was published in the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN) on April 12.
Laudato Si’ and evolutionary consciousness
Maryknoll Sister Ann Braudis writes about the aspects of the encyclical of Pope Francis that are in harmony with evolutionary consciousness.
Maryknoll joins 120 religious communities in urging Congress to support the Green Climate Fund
We urge Congress to support the $750 million budget request for the Green Climate Fund to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and respond to the needs of the most vulnerable.
Faith Climate Action Week
Faith Climate Action Week will encompass nine days in April surrounding Earth Day. The theme is “Paris And Beyond” and will focus on how achieving the climate protection goals in the Paris Agreement requires action from all of us. Find Faith Climate Action Week activities at www.faithclimateactionweek.org/
Tell Honduras: Stop the violence
Two environmentalists murdered in less than two weeks. Tell Honduras: “Stop the violence!”
Brazil: Update on the mining dam disaster
The following article, published in the March-April 2016 issue of Newsnotes, is an update on the environmental crisis in Brazil caused by a dam that burst in November, killing 17 people, displacing thousands, and polluting the River Doce with toxic mud. See our previous article, Brazil: Worst environmental disaster in history, in the January-February issue…
Encounter #8: Laudato Si’ and FEET’s second pillar
In this issue of Encounters, we look at the encyclical from the perspective of FEET’s second pillar, the need for public policies that support an economy of right relationship, to guarantee a decent future for the next generations.
TPP trade deal: How it threatens our climate and what we can do
Join us for a webinar on Jan 26, 2016 at 2:00 PM EST. Register now! https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6789834317999264514 After years of closed-door negotiations, countries are about to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade pact that would threaten climate and environmental policies across the world. The TPP would increase greenhouse gas emissions, hurt our ability to keep…
Food Security: U.S. trade policy and farmers
On December 11, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns was one of 17 faith-based and food security organizations who wrote to Michael Froman, the U.S. trade representative, calling for a change in the Obama administration’s trade policy, leading into the tenth ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Nairobi, Kenya.
Trade: TPP text finally released
Serious concerns mount after the text of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, which has the potential to affect the lives of millions of people in 12 countries, was released in November.
Brazil: Worst environmental disaster in history
Southeastern Brazil has been devastated by toxic mud due to a dam that burst at an iron-ore mine in November. Brazil is calling it the worst environmental disaster in its history.
Faith groups call on World Bank to protect forests
Faith groups call on the World Bank to announce a Zero Deforestation policy at the Paris Climate Summit (COP21).
Update from Paris: Tell Congress to support the Green Climate Fund
Now is the time for the U.S. to follow through on our pledge to the Green Climate Fund.