Peru: Indigenous peoples assert land, resource rights
The following article on the effects of trade agreements on an indigenous community in Peru was written by Alfonso Buzzo, Peace Fellow with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
Philippines: Environment and Human Rights
Amid the violence surrounding President Duterte’s “war on drugs,” Maryknoll Sister Marvie L. Misolas continues to work in the Philippines with the Maryknoll Sisters’ Environment and Climate Change ministry. The following article was written by Sister Marvie on recent developments to securing a healthy environment in which human rights can flourish in the Philippines.
Philippines: Extrajudicial killings
The following article reports on the response by Catholic religious leaders in the Philippines to the approximately 2,000 suspected drug dealers and users who have been killed by police and vigilantes since President Rodrigo Duterte took office in the Philippines on June 30.
Cambodia: The World Bank and human rights
The following article examines the controversial decision by the World Bank to resume loans to Cambodia after a five-year moratorium despite a dramatic increase in human rights abuses in recent months.
Cambodia: Assassination of Kem Ley
The following reflection on the assassination of Kem Ley in Phnom Penh on July 10 was written by Charles McCarthy, a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in Cambodia.
South Sudan: Peacemaking efforts by the Church
The following article examines what is needed to make peace in South Sudan, according to the South Sudan Council of Churches.
Zimbabwe: Possible tipping point
The following reflection on the growing protest demonstrations in Zimbabwe was written by Maryknoll Sister Janice McLaughlin, former president of the Maryknoll Sisters and a longtime missioner in Zimbabwe.
U.S. elections 2016 and the global common good
The following article raises our concerns for the global common good in the U.S. presidential and congressional elections in 2016.
Nonviolence & Just Peace: Lessons from local level
Gerry Lee, director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, wrote the following reflection about the work of active nonviolence by women in Venezuela for the Nonviolence and Justice Peace Conference in Rome in April.
Laudato Si’ and the new economy
More than 900 people from 42 states and 22 countries met at the CommonBound conference in Buffalo, New York in July. Chloe Schwabe and Dave Kane of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns attended.
Israel/Palestine: Economics and Peacemaking
In August 2016, twelve religious and faith-based organizations signed the following statement entitled “Employing Economic Measures as Nonviolent Tools for Justice in the Israeli-Palestinian Context.”
U.S. expands protection for Central American refugees but needs to do more
This new policy is a long overdue step that moves the Obama Administration in the right direction after years of mismanaging the Central American refugee crisis. But it's just the first step.