Statements

Letter on Supporting Afghan Evacuees

"We welcome vulnerable Afghans arriving in our communities and ask for your support to help them fully integrate and thrive as they adjust to their new homes. At no other time has our moral responsibility to uphold these principles been greater."

Joint Letter to Sec Blinken Urging Rohingya Genocide Determination

Dear Secretary Blinken, We, the undersigned organizations, write to urge you to publicly determine that the state of Myanmar has committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the Rohingya people...

Joint Letter on Renewable Energy Standards and Keeping False Solutions Out of Clean Energy

The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined a coaliton of 715 organizations in issuing the following letter to the Biden administration urging them to adopt Renewable Energy Standards and to keep false solutions out of "clean energy."

Joint Statement and Call to Action on the Crisis in Haiti

The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 145 organizations in releasing the following statement on the current crisis in Haiti.

Faith-based Letter to President Biden on Global Vaccine Access

On behalf of the global common good we must all do our part, as governments, civil society, and private enterprises, including pharmaceutical companies, to ensure that everyone everywhere can receive a vaccine and a chance to live a full life; to live in peace; to live in a healthy environment; and to work and receive an education.

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..