Solidarity is beautiful
Maryknoll missioners work to create a climate where peace can flourish by standing in solidarity with indigenous peoples in Peru and around the world.
Refugees are not numbers
Maryknoll Father Dave Schwinghamer reports on the UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants in New York on September 19, 2016.
Call Congress: National refugee call-in day
As members of the Interfaith Immigration Coalition, we invite you to join this important action.
Resources from September-October 2016 NewsNotes
Videos, reports, webinars, prayer vigils, and more.
Human Rights: World Bank safeguards fall short
The World Bank approved a new policy framework in August that is void of language that would require the Bank to respect human rights throughout its operations and weakens core environmental and social protections for affected communities and the environment.
UN: Children and armed conflict
The following article examines the response by the United Nations to the increasing number and growing intensity of armed conflicts that have rendered parts of the world unsafe for children.
Israel/Palestine: Water crisis
The following article examines the root causes of the devastating water crisis affecting Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
Peru: New president, more mining concerns
The following article examines newly-elected President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s plan to fulfill promises to reduce income inequality and ensure all Peruvians have access to running water, health care and free primary education by increasing profits from mining and mineral exports.
Peru: Indigenous peoples assert land, resource rights
The following article on the effects of trade agreements on an indigenous community in Peru was written by Alfonso Buzzo, Peace Fellow with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
Philippines: Environment and Human Rights
Amid the violence surrounding President Duterte’s “war on drugs,” Maryknoll Sister Marvie L. Misolas continues to work in the Philippines with the Maryknoll Sisters’ Environment and Climate Change ministry. The following article was written by Sister Marvie on recent developments to securing a healthy environment in which human rights can flourish in the Philippines.
Philippines: Extrajudicial killings
The following article reports on the response by Catholic religious leaders in the Philippines to the approximately 2,000 suspected drug dealers and users who have been killed by police and vigilantes since President Rodrigo Duterte took office in the Philippines on June 30.
Cambodia: The World Bank and human rights
The following article examines the controversial decision by the World Bank to resume loans to Cambodia after a five-year moratorium despite a dramatic increase in human rights abuses in recent months.