Statements

Maryknoll Joint Leadership Statements

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

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.

Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Senate Asking for Disapproval of Arms Sales to Israel

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 110 organizations in a letter to the Senate asking for votes in support of resolutions of disapproval introduced by Senators Sanders, Welch, and Merkley regarding arms sales to the government of Israel.

Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter with Churches for Middle East Peace to Harris and Trump Campaigns

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, alongside 18 other Christian faith leaders, joined letters coordinated by Churches for Middle East Peace to both the Harris and Trump campaigns to express a shared deep concern regarding the ongoing injustice and violations of human rights in Israel/Palestine.

Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to President Biden Calling for an End to Cluster Munitions

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined a letter with 18 other organizations urging President Biden for the complete end to the use, production, transfer, or stockpiling of cluster munitions by any actor under any circumstances.

Maryknoll OGC Joins Statement on the Christian Faith and Democracy

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined a statement with over 200 faith leaders in the Christian community to commit to advancing a multi-racial, multi-faith, multi-generational democracy, where every voice is valued and every person afforded the opportunity to participate fully and freely in the life of the community.

Maryknoll OGC Joins Statement on the Assassination of Honduran Environmental Leader Juan López

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined statement condemning the assassination of Honduran Environmental Leader Juan López on Sunday, September 15, 2024 and calling for justice. Juan López was an outspoken critic of open pit mining and hydro-electric projects, he was shot multiple times in his car after he left church. Honduras remains the fourth most dangerous country in Latin America for environmental activists.

Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Biden Administration on CBP One Changes and Protections for People on the Move

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined over 75 human rights, humanitarian, civil society, and faith-based organizations in a letter thanking President Biden, Secretary Mayorkas, and Secretary Blinken for new policies from the Customs and Border Patrol expanding appointment access across all of Mexico, and asking for more policies that welcome migrants and asylum seekers.

Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Secretary Blinken Expressing Concerns Over the Police Mission in Haiti

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined a group of 18 faith and human rights organizations in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken outlining areas of concern with the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to Haiti, specifically: that it support the development of Haitian democracy and autonomy; that it clearly state a priority for the protection of Haitian lives; and that there be concrete, public mechanisms for accountability.

Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Senate Asking for International Climate Finance in 2025

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 63 other organizations joined at letter urging the Senate to reject these cuts and instead safeguard and invest in international climate finance as well as critical funding for peace building, human rights, humanitarian aid, migration and poverty-focused development assistance.

More than 200 Christian Leaders Sign Letter Calling for Ceasefire in Gaza

Prior to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the U.S. Congress in Washington, DC, more than 200 global bishops and Christian leaders, including Sr. Teresa Hougnon, president of the Maryknoll Sisters and Susan Gunn, director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, call for world leaders to institute a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, halt of offensive arms sales to Israel, and prevention of a broader regional war.