Catholic Public Witness for Immigrants
On October 22 and November 13, Catholics across the United States are invited to join the “One Church One Family Catholic Public Witness for Immigrants.” The Maryknoll Office for Global…
Webinar: Lifting the Catholic Voice on Climate Justice at COP30
The COP 30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil, is fast approaching, and the Catholic community is preparing to lift a powerful, prophetic voice for climate justice on the…
Proclaim Jubilee!
Sign the Petition and Organize a Public Prayer Service during Oct. 12-19. We invite you to Proclaim Jubilee! – a powerful opportunity to carry on Pope Francis’s call to “remedy…
Five Ways to Stand with Immigrants
In the Catholic Church, we celebrate the World Day of Migrants and Refugees on the last Sunday of September – Sunday, September 28 – but for this Jubilee Year 2025,…
Join the Appeal for Nuclear Abolition Day
Friday, September 26, is International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. This annual day of action is especially poignant and urgent this year, the 80th anniversary of…
Celebrate World Peace Day
On September 21 we celebrate the International Day of Peace. This day also begins the Catholic Nonviolence Days of Action, culminating on International Day of Nonviolence, October 2. We know…
Webinar: Road to COP30 Voices from the Global South
Join the webinar on Sept. 18 and create hope for the planet! Please join us for an inspiring conversation about the importance of COP30, the UN Climate Change Conference that…
Join Jubilee Call to Turn Debt into Hope
Sign the petition to tell global leaders to “Turn Debt into Hope” — prioritize people and planet over profit. The leaders of the three Maryknoll entities joined 120 global faith…
Trump Administration Targets Legal Immigrants
The executive branch is waging legal warfare against the legal designations that protect people from deportation back to the dangerous countries they have fled. Immigration Advocacy Intern Rehema Klueg reports.
Global Plastics Treaty Setback
UN plastics treaty negotiations collapsed in August 2025 after countries failed to bridge fundamental divides, particularly regarding the contentious issue of whether to include limits on plastic production and restrict harmful chemicals.
Global South Bishops Call for Climate Action at COP30
Catholic bishops from Africa, Asia and Latin America issued a joint statement to world leaders asking for transformative actions at the UN Climate Chance Conference COP30.
Maryknoll OGC Joins Open Letter in Support of H. Res. 317
In an open letter to the U.S. House of Representatives, Maryknoll Office for Global concerns joined a coalition led by Back from the Brink: The Call to Prevent Nuclear War in a message in support of a House Resolution urging a reversal of the nuclear arms race.
Maryknoll OGC Joins Amicus Brief to U.S. Court of Appeals on Behalf of Humanitarian Parole Plaintiffs
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 11 religiously-affiliated organizations that provide support to immigrants in writing to the U.S. Court of Appeals on the side of Plaintiffs, immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela who are challenging Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s decision to end humanitarian parole.
People’s Forum to G7: Turn Debt Into Hope
Advocates met in Calgary, Canada, ahead of the G7 summit to discuss the 2025 Jubilee debt relief campaign.
UN: Third Oceans Conference Convenes
World leaders met in Nice, France, from June 9-13, to discuss sustainability of the world’s oceans. Maryknoll Sister Margaret Lacson and Maryknoll Father John Sivalon report back.
Faiths Are Still In
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns was among the over 45 national, state, and local faith organizations that signed a statement affirming commitment to the Paris Agreement of 2015, regardless of U.S. Federal support.
Relay of Hope
Development and Peace, Caritas Canada, in collaboration with Caritas Internationalis, is launching the “Relay of Hope,” a global candle-lighting campaign aimed at illuminating the path towards debt justice and economic transformation.
UN: 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
The global policy-making body dedicated to promoting gender equality and empowering women and girls met at UN headquarters in New York in March.