UN: Multidimensional Poverty Index Report
The latest UN report on global poverty offers insights in “poverty profiles” and highlights encouraging examples of overcoming interlinked aspects of poverty.
COP 27: UN Climate Talks Move Forward
The fate of our common home, this fragile planet, was placed again in the hands of those who gathered in November, for the 27th time, at the UN Convention on Climate Change, this time on African soil, in Egypt.
January – Human Trafficking Awareness Month
January is a key time to educate ourselves about human trafficking and to learn to spot the signs of trafficking. Scroll down to learn what you can do. What is…
Maryknoll OGC Asks for Active Steps to Reverse Biodiversity Loss
It is the responsibility of state parties to stop and reverse biodiversity loss, and hold corporations and financiers accountable for their historical and ongoing role in driving biodiversity impacts.
Maryknoll Missioners’ Asks for COP27
As the UN Climate Conference reaches its final day in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Maryknoll Missioners from Latin America, Africa and Asia lift up the voices of those most affected by climate change in the Global South, demanding action from world leaders to save our common home.
Webinar: Protecting Communities in the Clean Energy Transition
Learn about the choices before us and ways to take action.
Faith Groups Call for Arms Control Negotiations
It is sobering to recall that in World War I the world’s major powers drifted and blundered into a war which none of them wanted and which was ruinous for all of them. Mr. President, for the sake of the entire human family, we urge you to press for the resumption of arms control negotiations without further delay.
Open Letter to UN Member States on the Global Food Crisis
If the pandemic taught us anything it is that prevention is more humane and much less expensive than waiting to respond. The lack of political will and institutional failure to act quickly before the worst-case hits means people are being left to lurch from crisis to crisis. People are not starving; they are being starved.
UN Report: Global Hunger Still Rising
World hunger and severe food insecurity grew in 2021, making the world’s goal of achieving “zero hunger” by 2030 even more unlikely.
UN: Stockholm+50 Environment Conference
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking UN Conference on the Environment in Stockholm in 1972, national delegations returned to Stockholm on June 2-3, 2022, to take measure of progress.
UN Report Says Forests are Fundamental
The State of the World’s Forest Report 2022 offers a three-pronged approach to unlock the economic potential of trees and forests while preserving their status as the greatest carbon capture technology in the world.
Reflection by Maryknoll Sisters NGO Rep at the UN
As she concludes her term working with MOGC as NGO Representative to the UN (2018-2021), Sr. Marvie Misolas, MM reflects on the meaning of the Maryknoll Sisters’ presence at the UN.
Ukraine: Faith Groups Urge Leaders to Deescalate Tension, Pursue Peace
Rather than relying on militaristic approaches, our leaders must invest in efforts to sustain peace and prevent harm to those who would suffer the most from the devastating and long-term impacts of conflict. Only by vigorously pursuing all avenues for peace can we fulfill our sacred duty to respect the equal dignity and worth of every person.
Nuclear Powers Issue New Statement
Although a UN gathering to review a cornerstone nuclear treaty has again been postponed, five nuclear weapons states issued a statement expressing commitment toward preventing nuclear war.
International Building our Movements & Impacting the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference
Time: 10am Eastern Building our Movements & Impacting the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference Register at: bit.ly/NPTJan4 Beginning January 4, diplomats will converge on the U.N. with the ostensible goal of holding governments accountable to fulfill the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty’s promise of creating a nuclear weapons free world. They cannot afford to fail. With new nuclear arms…
The Soil of Spirituality: What Agrarians Can Teach Us About the Life of Faith
Time: 12:30pm Eastern Time Can agrarian ways teach us about God, the nature of humanity, and the place of human beings in the world? What does an agrarian spirituality look like in an increasingly urban world? Register here In this public lecture, Professor Norman Wirzba, Senior Visiting Fellow at the Laudato Si’ Research Institute, looks…
The Future is at Hand: Theological and Philosophical Perspectives on the Global Pandemic
Time: 3pm – 4pm Eastern Time Have the past two years impacted the way we think about the future? This public lecture is sponsored by the Laudato Si Research Institute for theologians, ethicists, philosophers, and anyone interested in critical analysis of contemporary social theory. Register here In this lecture, Dr Emmanuel Nathan will analyze how and…