Sign the Catholic Comment to the EPA
Now is the time to raise your voice to protect creation. Tell the EPA not to end greenhouse gas regulations. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is trying to rescind the…
Tell the EPA Not to Roll Back Climate Protections
Last week, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a groundbreaking opinion declaring that nations are legally obligated to reduce emissions, phase out fossil fuels, and protect vulnerable communities from…
Justice for Immigrants and Refugees Policy Brief
This is an excerpt from our two-page policy brief on U.S. immigration and refugee policy.
Faith Groups Affirm Commitment to Paris Climate Agreement
As the U.S. federal government exits the Paris Agreement, faith organizations in the United States affirm their commitment to the 2014 international climate change treaty.
One Big Beautiful Bill’s Impact on Immigration
The U.S. budget proposal passed by the House of Representatives includes anti-immigrant policies. Immigration Advocacy Intern Rehema Klueg reports.
Stop the “One Big Beautiful Bill”
Congress is considering harmful funding cuts and policy changes that would take away nutrition assistance and healthcare from millions of Americans, roll back investments in clean energy, devastate refugee assistance…
Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Senate in Opposition to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 45 other faith-based organizations in the Washington, DC, Interfaith Staff Community writing to the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate, and the rest of the Senate, in expressing their opposition to the new version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Advocate for Refugees with Refugee Council USA
From June 2 to 4, hundreds of refugees and advocates will descend on Capitol Hill for the Refugee Advocacy Days, an event organized by the Refugee Council USA. The advocates…
Protect Immigrant Families: Stop Mass Deportation
The mass deportation plans in the United States will separate families – the Center for Migration Studies estimated on May 1 that 3.8 percent of all U.S. citizen children (2.7…
Many U.S. Leaders Still All In for Climate Action
Despite the United States’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, non-federal U.S. institutions, communities, and economic sectors remain committed to reducing emissions as part of a nationwide, collaborative effort.
United States Skirts Multilateralism on Seabed Mining
With an executive order and broad interpretations of a 1980 law, the U.S. government now claims authority to issue mining permits in waters outside U.S. jurisdiction.
Write to Congress for Religious Worker Visa Reform
We ask for your help in urging Congress to fix the broken Religious Worker Visa Program. An increasing number of foreign-born priests, brothers, and sisters in the United States—including Maryknoll…
Join Faithful Witness Wednesday, April 30
For the past two months, and throughout Lent, groups of all faiths have gathered in front of Congress with the message: “It’s time for moral courage!” urging representatives to defend…
Urge Congress to Free the World of Nuclear Weapons
Pope Francis’ legacy of prophetic leadership for peace, justice, and care for creation includes his insistence that “a world free of nuclear weapons is both necessary and possible.” He was…
Maryknoll OGC Signs Letter to Congress Opposing Repeal of Clean Energy Tax Credits
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns co-signed a letter with 31 other faith-based groups urging each Senator and Representative to oppose repeal of clean energy tax credits in the upcoming reconciliation process.
Maryknoll OGC Speaks Out Against Invocation of Alien Enemies Act of 1798
President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 the weekend of March 15 and sent over 200 Venezuelan migrants to prison in El Salvador, despite a court order against it. The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns response to the concerning series of events is below.
Maryknoll OGC Joins Interfaith Letter to Congress on Sanctuary Cities
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined an interfaith letter in support of jurisdictions that support and protect immigrants. The letter was sent to members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform ahead of hearings on sanctuary jurisdictions. It requests that Congress oppose policies that strip critical funding from communities through sweeping measures like H.R. 32, the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act, which would indiscriminately cut off health, education, and infrastructure funds for everyone in a respective state or locality, including citizens.
Faith Groups Raise Grave Concerns about Foreign Aid Freeze in Letter to Congress
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined more than 40 members of the Interfaith Working Group on Foreign Assistance in this letter to Congress raising grave concerns about the sudden order to stop lifesaving foreign assistance work around the globe and the dismantling of USAID.