Five Takeaways from Laudate Deum
Key points from the follow-up to Laudato Si'
Maryknoll OGC Asks DHS to End Deportations to Haiti
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 73 other organizations in asking the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to suspend deportation flights to Haiti. The U.S. Embassy ordered American diplomats to leave Haiti and issued a "Do Not Travel" Advisory for Haiti back in July. Still, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues to fly immigrants back to the dangerous country.
Maryknoll OGC Joins Faith Community in Asking for Congress to Fund the Government
Maryknoll OGC joined 52 other faith groups in Washington, DC, including Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Humanist faith believers in calling on Congress to avert a government shutdown and pass the resolutions needed to provide the funding.
Maryknoll OGC Asks Congress to Avert a Government Shutdown
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns was one of 680 civic organizations and faith-based groups to write to Congress, House and Senate, to ask that they "fulfill Congress’ most basic duty: to keep the government running." This letter comes amid increasing likelihood of a government shutdown. The letter highlights the urgency of covering the functions of government that will be thrown into chaos with a shutdown.
The Plight of Christians and Palestinian Children in the Holy Land
Extremism has led to the most violent year in the Holy Land since 2005.
UN: Insufficient Progress on Development Goals
Midway to 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals of 2015 are woefully behind schedule.
AIDS Relief Program Under Siege
The future of the highly successful U.S. global AIDS program is uncertain.
Summit of the Amazon: New Plan to Protect Rainforests
Indigenous peoples join presidents of Amazon nations in pledge to protect the rainforest.
The Bridgetown Initiative
A voice from the Caribbean island of Barbados offers a plan to save the broken global financial system.
Youths Prevail in Held v. Montana
The first climate change lawsuit to go to trial is now the first climate change lawsuit victory.
Guatemala: Election Landslide
A candidate running on an anti-corruption platform unexpectedly overtook the former first lady.