Peru to pay Bear Creek Mining Company
A Maryknoll-supported legal collective in Peru brought an amicus brief as part of trade tribunal case which was decided on November 30.
Call Congress to Replace NAFTA
#ReplaceNAFTA Call-In Day is December 13. After then, keep calling!
Third Sunday of Advent
Maryknoll Sister Ann Braudis reflects on the Advent themes of darkness, light, waiting for Christ and welcoming the stranger.
The Rise of Big Meat: Brazil’s Extractive Industry
Register for the first in this webinar series from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
Guatemala: Seeking justice at Santa Rita dam
Three years after filing an official complaint, traumatized communities receive a response.
Encounters #15: Gambling with nature: A risky investment
Local communities suffer when financial markets exert power and control over increasingly scarce natural resources.
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Peg Vamosy, a horticulturist by training who works with Catholic parishioners in El Salvador to improve agricultural production, writes this week’s reflection.
Brazil: ‘The small have little right to the land’
International mission to measure human rights impact of land grabbing.
Brazil and Bolivia: Indigenous and land rights
New policies in both Brazil and Bolivia have the potential to negatively impact indigenous communities, especially communities in isolation, and contribute to climate change and biodiversity loss.
Venezuela: Causes and effects of the crisis
Democracy in crisis-torn Venezuela is quickly eroding, as the oil-based economy crashes and people grow more desperate for food and medicine. The following article examines how Venezuela came to be in this crisis and how it is affecting the people from the perspective of el pueblo (“the poor”).
U.S. immigration: ‘We’re all human’
Darrin Mortenson, who serves as the migration fellow for the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, reports on his visit to El Paso, Texas, in July, where he met with some of the Maryknoll missioners who welcome and accompany newly-arrived migrants despite the rising risks and complicated political reality of the U.S.-Mexico “borderlands.” The following article was…
Bishop Seitz’s pastoral letter on immigration
On July 18, just steps from the U.S.-Mexico border, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, issued a new pastoral letter on the issue of immigration, calling for a moratorium on deportations by the United States until it adopts comprehensive immigration reform.
Take action: NAFTA renegotiations
Ask President Trump and Congress to allow for an open, transparent and democratic process that ensures that all voices are welcome at the NAFTA renegotiations table and that our economic policies ultimately serve the common good.
Days of Action against the U.S. Blockade of Cuba
from the International Committee for Peace, Justice, and Dignity for the Peoples: Stand up for health justice a this year’s Days of Action Against the Blockade! Want to advocate for more just policies towards Cuba? Are you able to travel to or live in the DC area? Then join…
5 Year Anniversary of DACA
Urge Congress to Save the Dreamers, Save DACA! (From the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Justice for Immigrants Campaign) The Dream Act of 2017 was recently introduced in the Senate as a bipartisan effort. It is intended to protect immigrant youth who entered the United States as children and know America as their only home. This bill would…
NAFTA Renegotiations Webinar
Join Us for a Webinar on the NAFTA Renegotiations What You Can Do to Advocate for a Fair Trade Agreement August 15, 2017 2 pm – 3:30pm (EDT) Click here to register. Join us for a briefing with members of the faith community and experts on NAFTA to discuss what the NAFTA renegotiations will…
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The following reflection was prepared by Judy Coode in 2014, while working with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. Ms. Coode is the coordinator of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative, a project of Pax Christi International.
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Maryknoll Father John Ruessmann writes about appreciating what each person offers in challenging situations.