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
Orbis author Fr. Michael Lapsley speaks on his new memoir, which outlines his strong stand against apartheid for which he became the victim of a letter bomb attack in Zimbabwe.
Pax Christi USA will hold its annual conference and 40th anniversary celebration in Atlanta, GA.
Carolyn Trumble lives and works as a Maryknoll lay missioner in Brazil.
From March 18-28, the United Nations will hold the final talks on the Arms Trade Treaty.
In January, Pax Christi International, the Catholic peace movement, released the following statement, calling for an end to Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.
For the past 60 years, since the 1950-53 civil war with South Korea ended in a truce, North Korea has been stuck in a vicious cycle, a strategic plan that can be described in short as oppression coupled with threats of insanity and aggression, all enabled by North Korea’s economic lifeline: China.
The following article was written by Sr. Teresa Hougnon, MM, who lives and works in Kenya, where elections took place on Monday, March 4.
Moral and legal questions have been raised about the Obama administration’s use of drones and by concerns that they will soon be used in Africa for targeted assassinations.
Over the past year, Honduran indigenous and peasant people have been caught between the land grabbers and the “war on drugs.”
Urge your member of Congress to investigate whether U.S. military aid to Israel is undermining prospects for peace in the region.
A major conference on peace will be held April 9-10 at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.; it is sponsored by the Catholic Peacebuilding Network and over a dozen Catholic universities and agencies to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the encyclical Pacem in terris and explore Catholic peacebuilding today.
Please join us for the first mission forum of 2013 – we are honored to welcome Eli S. McCarthy Ph.D., Director of Justice and Peace for the Conference of Major Superiors of Men (CMSM). Friday, March 15, 7-9 p.m.Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers1233 10th Street, N.W.Washington, D.C.(closest metro: Mt. Vernon Square/Convention Center, green/yellow lines) Eli will…
Join in an act of global solidarity with the suffering people of Syria.
Join SOA Watch for its annual April lobby days and urge Congress to de-fund the School of the Americas/WHINSEC.
These policy goals are endorsed by 23 faith-based organizations and have been sent to the White House, USAID and the State Department.
Urge your senators to sign letter to President Obama in support of a strong Arms Trade Treaty
Monday, Feb. 4 is the faith community’s call in day to urge an end to gun violence.
Attend a screening of “Beneath the blindfold” on Friday, Feb. 8 in Washington, D.C.
