Senate Hearing on Refugees Statement
Statement for the Record U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on “Living Up to America’s Promise: The Need to Bolster the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program” March 22, 2023
Faith Groups Pressure Big Banks to Phase Out New Fossil-Fuel Financing
Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) a coalition of over 300 global faith-based and values-based institutions have filed two shareholder proposals at six of the nation’s top banks calling on them to reduce their financing of fossil fuels.
Urge Congress to Support Nuclear Disarmament
People of faith, particularly in countries with nuclear weapons, can call on their leaders to pursue a robust program of negotiations and disarmament.
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.