Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Pres. Biden Calling for Funding of UNWRA
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined over a hundred civil society and faith based organizations in a letter to President Biden in support of restoration of United States funding of the United Nations Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.
Maryknoll OGC Joins Faith Letter Inviting Congress to Event on Nuclear Disarmament
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 15 faith groups in a letter to Congressional staffers with an invitation to Congressman Jim McGovern's Special Order focusing on the pressing issues surrounding nuclear weapons.
Advent Reflection Guide: One Family of God
The guide offers reflections, small group questions, prayers, and actions based on each week’s Gospel reading and concerns raised by Maryknoll missioners and affiliates who attend to the needs of migrants and refugees around the world.
World AIDS Day Prayer Vigil
Join the World AIDS Day prayer vigil on the first of December.
Nonviolence Seminars for Synod Participants
The Catholic Nonviolence Initiative’s new institute held weekly seminars in Rome throughout the second assembly of the Synod on Synodality.
Human Rights Award for Activists in Gaza and Guatemala
The 2024 Letelier-Moffit Human Rights Awards were given to Rabbis for Ceasefire and the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU), and the Concejo de Autoridades de 48 Cantones de Totonicapán of Guatemala; and a slain former awardee was honored.
Haiti Advocacy Days and Renewal of Sanctions
More than 40 organizations working for peace and justice in Haiti came to Washington, DC for Haiti Advocacy Days.
Atomic Bomb Survivors Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Committee’s recognition of the Japanese hibakusha organization Nihon Hidankyo comes at a crucial moment for addressing the nuclear threat.
Charges Dropped Against Christians for Ceasefire Members
Art Laffin offers the following reflection on the experience on March 21 of being arrested alongside twelve other members of Christians for Ceasefire while wearing pictures of the destruction in Gaza and singing hymns of peace in the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office building.
Global Debt Crisis Needs Jubilee
Pope Francis and leaders from the Global South call for a new international financial architecture that breaks the cycle forcing many countries to spend more on debt repayments and interest than on caring for people and the planet.
Colombia Hosts the 16th UN Biodiversity Conference
Hosting a record-breaking 23,000 attendees, the conference was filled with representatives seeking solutions. While we await the outcome, we review what is at stake.