Child Labor and Girls’ Education in Tanzania
In honor of World Day Against Child Labor, Sr. Mary Vertucci, MM, describes her work at the Emusoi Centre in Tanzania as lifechanging for indigenous girls vulnerable to child marriage and exploitation.
Call for Bishops Across Americas to Protect Migrants
Catholic organizations ask leaders of bishops’ conferences in the Americas to work together to protect migrants as deaths at the U.S.-Mexico border triple.
Global Access to Vaccines
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined a group of over 50 Catholic religious and nonprofit organizations in sending a letter urging President Biden to address global COVID-19 vaccine access at the G7 Summit in Cornwall, England in mid-June.
Latin America: Dilemma for Solidarity Movement
Recent arrests of Nicaraguan opposition figures are the latest example of actions by left-leaning Latin American governments creating division and consternation among international faith groups and solidarity activists.
Focus on Root Causes of Migration in Guatemala
During her visit to Guatemala in early June, Vice President Kamala Harris made comments regarding migration to the southern U.S. border that sparked controversy.
Letter to Bishops of United States, Central America, Mexico on Migration
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined over 160 Catholic organizations throughout the Americas in sending the following letter calling on Catholic bishops in the United States, Mexico, and Central America to work collaboratively to protect migrants and improve life in the communities from which so many are fleeing.
Catholic Cares Letter to Biden on G7 Summit
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined over 50 national Catholic religious and nonprofit organizations in urging Pres. Biden to address global COVID-19 vaccine access at the G7 summit in June.
MOGC Celebrates the Re-designation of TPS for Haiti
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration's announcement that it would designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti for 18 months.
Cold War with China is a Dangerous and Self-Defeating Strategy
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 65 other organizations in signing the following statement expressing opposition to a Cold War mentality that is increasingly driving U.S.-China policy.
Leading Scientists and Catholic Leaders Call on President Biden to Work for a World Free of the Nuclear Threat
Susan Gunn, Director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, signed this statement from a group of scientists and Catholic leaders calling on President Biden to work to reduce the nuclear threat.
Landmine Ban Letter to Biden
On behalf of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, Susan Gunn, director, signed the following letter to President Biden strongly encouraging him to adopt a policy that sets the United States on course not just to “curtail the use of landmines,” but to ban their use, production, acquisition, and transfer and to swiftly accede to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty.
U.S. Support for IP Waiver Will Provide Tools to End the Pandemic
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns published the following statement in response to the Biden administration's decision to support an intellectual property rights waiver at the World Trade Organization for COVID-19 vaccines..