The work of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns on peace is focused on identifying and eliminating the root causes of violence and conflict with a focus on specific regions, expressions of violence and areas of conflict affecting Maryknoll missioners, and U.S. aggression and national security policy (e.g. war on terrorism). The nexus of violence and poverty is clear. Unless we dedicate ourselves to building true human security for all, nations – especially poor ones – will continue to fall victim to an unending cycle of economic, political and social violence.
Maryknoll Leadership Statement on Pope Francis’ Fratelli Tutti
Maryknoll Leadership Statement on U.S. elections 2012: Sustainable peace and security for all
Maryknoll Leadership Statement: A call for the abolition of torture
POLICY BRIEF: Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Invest in Peace
WEBINAR: Nonviolence and the Web of Creation
WEBINAR: Human Rights Advocacy and the Legacy of Sr. Dianna Ortiz
WEBINAR: Rethinking Security in a Pandemic: No Justice, No Peace
WEBINAR: Sanctions — Nonviolent Tool or Lethal Weapon?
WEBINAR: Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Invest in Peace
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns and our partners in CIDSE express solidarity Catholic priest Charles Kitima of Tanzania, who was brutally attacked in Dar es Salaam earlier in the week.
A fragile peace deal in South Sudan collapsed Mar. 27 after the arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar, long-time rival to President Salva Kiir, threatened to throw the country back into war.
Nearly a year into the US-backed, international police mission in Haiti, the island nation is still mired in violence.
People from around the United States are invited to participate in Korea Peace Advocacy Week June 9-13, during a fraught time on the Korean Peninsula.
For the past two months, and throughout Lent, groups of all faiths have gathered in front of Congress with the message: “It’s time for moral courage!” urging representatives to defend…
What should “love your neighbor” mean for U.S. policy toward Haiti? In honor of Pope Francis, who consistently emphasized the importance of “love your neighbor” as a fundamental aspect of…
Earth Day takes on special meaning this year, arriving as it does at the beginning of the Easter Season, and amid global mourning for Pope Francis. Choosing the name of…
Pope Francis’ legacy of prophetic leadership for peace, justice, and care for creation includes his insistence that “a world free of nuclear weapons is both necessary and possible.” He was…
Write to your members of Congress on behalf of Haitian immigrants. Nine months into the U.S.-backed, Kenyan-staffed police mission to restore peace and order to Haiti, the mission is floundering….
The Parable of the Prodigal Son, this Sunday’s gospel reading, is a story so familiar that it is easy to feel immune to both the breadth and depth of its message. It is the story of three people, a father and his two sons, and the actions and reactions of each of them in an…
Two State Department programs that helped Afghans refugees were halted when the new administration froze foreign aid. Now they are terminated.
As the Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight than ever before, nations meet in New York to work toward banning nuclear weapons, and arms control advocates urge Trump Administration to follow up on “denuclearization” comments.
A dangerous countdown has begun: In less than a year, on February 5, 2026, New START – the last remaining treaty limiting the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals – will…
The people praised David for his bravery in defeating and slaying Goliath. We know through scripture that King Saul was very jealous of David’s success and eventually sought to kill him. David had to run. But, in today’s reading, David is given the chance to turn the tide and slay King Saul. He refuses to…
Watch the recording of “Responding to the Foreign Aid Freeze” Feb. 20, 2025.Since the new Administration imposed a spending freeze and stop-work order on almost all U.S. foreign aid, Maryknoll missioners…
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 38 other faith and civic organizations in a letter to President Trump urging him to work on improving relations with North Korea, including by formally ending the Korean war. Read this letter as a PDF. January 29, 2025 Dear President Trump, The undersigned coalition of national organizations write to…
The international body that addresses peace and security currently has no permanent seats for the often underrepresented and historically marginalized continent. The following article was published in the January – February 2025 issue of NewsNotes. On September 13, 2024, the United States declared to the UN General Assembly its support of the creation of two…
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined a letter to Trump nominee for Secretary of Sate, Senator Marco Rubio, requesting he prioritize ending the violent crisis in Sudan through nonviolent interventions. The Sudanese American Physicians Association, an organization made up of physicians of Sudanese descent living and working within the United States, organized a letter…
