Statements

Maryknoll Joint Leadership Statements

The organizations in the Maryknoll family have issued the following joint statements.

Faith Groups Raise Grave Concerns about Foreign Aid Freeze in Letter to Congress

As members and partners of the Interfaith Working Group on Foreign Assistance, a network of Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist organizations working in solidarity with the world’s most vulnerable people, we write to you to express our grave concerns over the sudden order to stop lifesaving foreign assistance work around the globe and the dismantling of USAID.

Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Secretary of State Rubio urging Reinstatement of Foreign Aid

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined a letter with faith-based groups to newly-appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to request that he restore foreign aid programs, reopen critical refugee resettlement programs, and fully reinstate USAID.

Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Trump Administration Urging Renewal of Refugee Resettlement

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 1,051 faith leaderss and 176 organizations in writing to the Trump Administration asking for the resumption of refugee resettlement, restoration of humanitarian assistance, and assurance that the faith community can take care of newcomers according to their traditions. Read the letter as a PDF.

Letter of the Holy Father Francis to the Bishops of the United States

Pope Francis addresses U.S. bishops, urging them to uphold the dignity of migrants. He criticizes policies that equate illegal status with criminality while acknowledging a nation’s right to security and calls for compassion, integration, and respect for fundamental rights.

Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Trump Urging Improvement in U.S. Relations with North Korea

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.

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns Responds to Trump Day One Executive Orders

In response to the executive orders signed by President Trump on the first day of his second term, the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns offered the following statement from its director, Susan Gunn.

Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Congress Cautioning Against Sanctions for the ICC

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 75 human rights organizations, faith-based groups, legal associations, and academic institutions in an open letter to Congress and the incoming US Presidential administration decrying sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Maryknoll OGC Joins 50 Groups in Letter Opposing Reauthorization of the House Committee on China

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined a letter to the leadership of the House of Representatives , organized by Asian Americans Advancing Justice with the partnership of fifty faith and civil society groups, in opposition to the reauthorization of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, due in part to wanton fearmongering and its hostile and aggressive rhetoric.

Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Biden Administration for Protections for Haiti and Haitians

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 33 other faith and civil society organizations in a letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris requesting protections for Haiti and Haitians, namely ending the mass deportation of Haitians, stemming the flow of guns to Haiti, sanctions against the specific individuals responsible for human rights abuses, and encouraging locally-led development.

Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Senator Rubio Regarding Sudan Crisis

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined thirty faith and civil society groups in a letter to Senator Marco Rubio, Trump nominee for Secretary of Sate, requesting he prioritize ending the Sudan crisis through diplomatic efforts, appointing a special envoy, support for local aid providers, and support for atrocity documentation.

Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Congress Requesting a Reauthorization of PEPFAR

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns was among over thirty civil society and faith organizations calling on members of the Senate and House committees on foreign affairs to pass a "clean" five-year renewal of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.