Trade: Indigenous peoples say “Water is life”
Maryknoll Sister Patricia Ryan and members of the indigenous community where she works in Peru came to Washington, D.C. in September to pursue legal efforts to stop a mining company from polluting their sacred land and water. At the same time, Native American Sioux Indians from Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota were leading demonstrations in front of the White House with a very similar goal.
World AIDS Day 2021
Join us in prayer on December 1st.
Global migration crisis: U.S. detention rates soar
The U.S. immigration detention rates are spiraling out of control, reinforcing what advocates have been saying for years: Immigration detention is unfair, unnecessary, and too costly. The following article was written by Alfonso Buzzo, Peace Fellow with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
Global migration crisis: New York Declaration
On September 19 the United Nations held its first-ever Summit for Refugees and Migrants.
Climate change: Concerns about green bonds
As green bonds approach their tenth anniversary as a capital-raising and investment tool for projects that have positive environmental or climate benefits, questions remain over how well they are managed.
Climate change: New global agreements
Leading up to the next United Nations Climate Change Conference (known as the Conference of Parties or COP22) scheduled to meet in Marrakesh, Morocco November 14-15, countries and industries have been moving forward with new agreements to further greenhouse gas emissions
Laudato Si’: Interconnected relationships
The following reflection, written by Chloe Schwabe, faith-economy-ecology project coordinator, is the last in our year-long series of opening articles in NewsNotes that examine the teachings of Pope Francis in Laudato Si’.
Advent reflection guide 2016: A season to embrace Gospel nonviolence
This 10-page guide offers reflections, questions, prayers, and actions based on the Gospel readings and testimonies of Catholic peacemakers on Jesus' teachings about nonviolence.
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns celebrates the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement
The Paris Climate Agreement will become binding on November 4. Now we have a real plan and deadlines for weaning ourselves off of fossil fuels.
Nonviolence and Just Peace: Let us start with ourselves
Maryknoll Sister Giang Nguyen wrote the following reflection on personal responsibility and connections to nonviolence for the Nonviolence and Just Peace conference in Rome in April.
Nonviolence and Just Peace: Sacred connections
Maryknoll Sister Joanne Doi wrote the following reflection on the sacred connections of her families' suffering and hope with that of the Aymara indigenous peoples of Peru.
Nonviolence and Just Peace: Creating space for peace
Maryknoll Sister Teresa Hougnon wrote the following reflection on active nonviolence in East Timor and Kenya for the Nonviolence and Just Peace conference in Rome in April.