World AIDS Day Prayer Vigil
December 1 is Worlds Aid Day. It is an opportunity to raise awareness, commemorate those who have died, and celebrate victories such as increased access to treatment and prevention service….
Let Children Live Vigil on World Children’s Day
Join a prayer vigil for the children of Palestine. Tomorrow/Thursday, November 20th, at 11:30 am Eastern (8:30 am Pacific): Register to receive the link. November 20 is World Children’s Day….
Join the Let Children Live Campaign
Take action for Palestinian Children. Join the Let Children Live campaign. Today, children in Gaza are enduring unimaginable devastation: Hunger is widespread and worsening. Bombs are falling without warning. Even…
Gaza: Orthodox Rabbis Call on Israel to Address Hunger
Eighty Orthodox rabbis signed the following open letter on August 20, 2025, demanding “moral clarity, responsibility, and a Jewish Orthodox response” to what they called a humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Gaza: Greek and Latin Patriarchs Speak Against War
In reaction to the Israeli government’s announcement of a plan to take control of Gaza, the Greek Orthodox and Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem issued the following joint statement on Aug. 26 calling for an end to the war.
Maryknoll OGC Joins 100+ Organizations in Calling on a Just Peace for Palestine
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined over a hundred other organizations in a letter to leaders and delegates to the high-level UN Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine in support of a viable Palestinian state.
Tell U.S. Senate: No New Weapons to Israel
On July 30, Senator Sanders plans to introduce legislation (called a Joint Resolutions of Disapproval) to block the Trump administration’s attempt to send $675 million in offensive weapons shipments to Israel….
Maryknoll OGC Among 200+ NGO’s Calling for UN-Coordinated Aid Distribution in Gaza
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns was among 200+ NGOs calling for an immediate end the deadly Israeli distribution scheme in Gaza and revert to the existing UN-led coordination mechanisms, and lift the Israeli government’s blockade on aid and commercial supplies.
U.S. Strikes on Iran Condemned by Church, Others
Peace and international affairs experts criticized President Trump’s decision to bomb Iran in support of Israel’s war.
Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter in Support of Iran War Power Resolutions
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns was among the eighteen signatories of an ecumenical letter organized by Churches for Middle East Peace sent to House and Senate offices in support of War Powers Resolutions and in opposition to U.S. war with Iran.
Tell Congress: No War With Iran
This weekend, on June 21, President Trump announced that the U.S. had bombed three separate nuclear facilities in Iran using bombs that have never been deployed before. The bombing is…
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Like Jesus, we are weeping … in the Holy Land, in Ukraine, in Sudan, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Myanmar, in the United States, in schools, homes and public spaces around the world. But this week, even as we prepare to retell the story of his Passion and Death, we hear Jesus say:…
Foreign Aid Cuts Leave Afghan Refugees Adrift
Two State Department programs that helped Afghans refugees were halted when the new administration froze foreign aid. Now they are terminated.
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
The people praised David for his bravery in defeating and slaying Goliath. We know through scripture that King Saul was very jealous of David’s success and eventually sought to kill him. David had to run. But, in today’s reading, David is given the chance to turn the tide and slay King Saul. He refuses to…
Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Congress Cautioning Against Sanctions for the ICC
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 75 human rights organizations, faith-based groups, legal associations, and academic institutions in an open letter to Congress and the incoming US Presidential administration decrying sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC). As the House of Representatives is scheduled to review this legislation among its first orders of business, we…
Pray, Study, Act for Human Rights Day
Tuesday, December 10, we celebrate Human Rights Day, an opportunity to advocate for the full enjoyment of human dignity by everyone everywhere. Human Rights Day falls in Advent as Christians…
Charges Dropped Against Christians for Ceasefire Members
Art Laffin offers the following reflection on the experience on March 21 of being arrested alongside twelve other members of Christians for Ceasefire while wearing pictures of the destruction in Gaza and singing hymns of peace in the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office building. The following article was published in the November-December 2024 issue…
Afghanistan Three Years into Taliban Rule
Iqbal Ahmad, Kroc Institute Fellow, writes of how, three years since the Taliban’s takeover, Afghanistan has devolved into one of the most repressive regimes in the world resulting in severe hardship and a third generation of Afghan refugees. The following article was published in the November-December 2024 issue of NewsNotes. More than two decades after…