Maryknoll Joint Leadership Statements
The organizations in the Maryknoll family have issued the following joint statements.
Faith Leaders to President Biden on Inauguration Anniversary: End Inhumane Detention
As we turn to the year ahead, we urge you to reverse course and end overreliance on immigration detention by stopping new detention contracts and terminating current ICE contracts, investing in rights-respecting border management at the border, and committing to enacting just and humane immigration policies.
Interfaith Letter on Guantanamo Bay Prison - 20th Anniversary of Guantanamo Opening
As members of the American faith community, we call on you to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and to ensure that all of the people held there are either released, agree to a plea deal, or receive a fair trial in a federal court.
Joint Letter to President Biden on Remain in Mexico 2.0 and Title 42
Nearly eleven months since taking office, this administration continues to violate U.S. asylum law and evade U.S. treaty obligations by blocking and returning asylum seekers to places where their lives and safety are in peril.
National Faith Leaders Letter to Pres. Biden on Sanctions
Although we are told that sanctions are intended to influence the policies of governments, they often have harmful effects far beyond their intended targets, claiming the lives of innocent men, women, and especially children. The most vulnerable – the poor, the elderly, the marginalized – are always hurt worst of all.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns Celebrates House Vote on Build Back Better
We thank and congratulate the House of Representatives for passing the Build Back Better Act and call on the Senate to care for the common good and vote in favor of this historic legislation.
Preventing a Humanitarian Disaster in Afghanistan
It is our hope that the White House will continue to request that Congress provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan in the years ahead and lawmakers answer that call. But any amount of aid is futile if it cannot reach the Afghan people in time.
Coalition Urges Congress to Require Report on Impact of Restrictions in Gaza
After roughly 14 years, the severe restrictions on Gaza have left nearly 2 million people with severely limited access to clean water, electricity, and food.
COP26 outcomes lack the fierce urgency of now
Climate change is our 'fierce urgency of now' and the Glasgow Climate Pact does not rise to the moment. Just as Dr. King said in 1963, there is such a thing as being too late.
Joint Catholic Statement on COP26 Draft Agreement
Now, in 2021, we have reached a decisive moment. We must reach an agreement in Glasgow that sets a clear and ambitious timeline for a just transition away from harmful fossil fuels.
U.S. Church Groups Defend Six Palestinian Organizations Labeled as Terrorists
As Churches and church-based organizations we unequivocally reject this move and call on Secretary Blinken to both demand its immediate reversal and to insist on protection for Palestinian civil society and human rights defenders.
More than 630 Groups Defend Immigrants in New Public Charge Regulations
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns signed on to a comment to the Department of Homeland Security about proposed new regulations to exclude immigrants from access to core health, nutrition, and housing assistance programs.
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