Climate change: New report on CEO pay
Excessive CEO pay at the 30 largest U.S. public fossil fuel corporations rewards short-term actions, with disastrous results for the world’s climate, a new report finds.
Resources from September-October 2015 NewsNotes
Resources published in the September-October 2015 NewsNotes.
El Salvador: Instability foments violence
In recent months, violence in El Salvador has spiraled, with the daily death rate now higher than during the peak of the civil war.
El Salvador: Gangs defined as “terrorists”
In an unsurprising decision, El Salvador’s Supreme Court has decreed that gangs and their “apologists” are now legally defined as terrorists under El Salvador’s Special Law Against Acts of Terrorism (LECAT).
Honduras: Proposal for impunity commission fails
While protesters in Guatemala City celebrated the resignation of their country’s president and vice president, their compadres in Honduras have been less successful in their efforts to bring reform and justice.
Guatemala: Pérez Molina resigns
The arrest of Guatemala’s President Pérez Molina on charges of corruption on September 3 was a surprising turn of events that brings a ray of hope to a long-suffering country where Maryknoll missioners have served for decades.
Road to Paris: Issues unresolved in Bonn
In December, the UN conference on climate change in Paris will be the center of the world’s attention as 190 participating nations attempt to agree to what hopefully will be a robust agreement. From August 31-September 7, negotiators from these governments met in Bonn, Germany to lay the groundwork for a successful Paris conference.
Road to Paris: EPA offers Clean Power Plan
On August 4, President Obama unveiled the final version of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan (CPP), a set of national standards to reduce carbon emissions from U.S. power plants by 32 percent from 2005 levels by the year 2030.
“Enough for All” John 4:5-42, Rev. John McCullough's sermon, Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2009
The following is a sermon given by Rev. John McCullough, executive director and CEO of Church World Service, at Ecumenical Advocacy Days in 2009.
Maryknoll leadership supports diplomatic agreement with Iran
More than 50 national Christian leaders, including the heads of Maryknoll mission groups, signed the following letter urging Congress to approve the July 2015 diplomatic agreement with Iran.
Ecological conversion: Called to hope, spurred to action
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns offers a reflection in response to the encyclical "Laudato Si': On the care of our common home."
Pax Christi International: New perspectives and hope with Iranian agreement
The following statement on the Iranian nuclear program agreement was released on July 16, 2015 by Pax Christi International, the Catholic peace movement.