Catholic Leaders Letter to Sec. Rubio on COP30
Eighty-five U.S. Catholic leaders asked Sec. Marco Rubio to reconsider the decision to leave the Paris climate agreement and to rejoin negotiations happening now at COP30 in Brazil.
Stop Deep Seabed Mining
A Catholic call to action to protect the deep ocean and its vital role in creation by opposing risky deep-sea mining.
Peru: Amazon Faith and Civil Leaders Call for Water’s Defense
Amazon Water Summit delegates declare that water is a sacred gift and a fundamental human right, urgently calling for global action to protect it from destructive extractive practices.
Pope Leo Affirms Laudato Si, Calls for Action
Pope Leo XIV marks the tenth anniversary of Laudato Si’ with a resounding call for action on climate change, urging a spiritual conversion and renewed commitment to integral ecology.
The Struggle to Protect Farmers’ Seed Systems
The following is a summary of a policy brief by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy about the unhealthy control industrial agriculture has over family farming around the world.
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.
Reflection on Solidarity with the People of Honduras
Sarah Bueter, Maryknoll Lay Missioner in El Salvador, reflects on the murder of Honduran environmental defender Juan Lopez and her recent visit to his grieving community of Tocoa as part of an emergency delegation organized by the SHARE Foundation. The following article was published in the November-December 2024 issue of NewsNotes. It was only when…
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.
Maryknoll OGC Denounces Assassination of Honduran Water Rights Activists
In a statement of solidarity with the people of Honduras, Maryknoll OGC joined ten other U.S. civil society groups in denouncing the assassination of two water rights activists and further called for the protection of other environmental activists in the region.
Statement by REPAM on COP27 (Eng transl.)
We need a world that effectively promotes human rights, that includes cultures, spiritualities, ancestral justice and that does not uproot individuals and peoples, especially young people.
Brazil: Deaths and Degradation in the Amazon
REPAM-Brazil demands a government response to the deaths of two leading defenders of indigenous peoples and nature in the Amazon territory.