U.S. Policy Toward Sudan Under Trump
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined a letter to Trump nominee for Secretary of Sate, Senator Marco Rubio, requesting he prioritize ending the violent crisis in Sudan through nonviolent interventions.
Tanzanian President Meets with Maasai
Indigenous Maasai community leaders met with the Tanzanian president in their ongoing to struggle to defend their land and human rights.
USCCB Statement of Solidarity with Immigrants
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, USCCB president, Bishop Mark Seitz, chair of the Committee on Migration, and Bishop Jaime Soto, chair of Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., issued a statement of pastoral concern on November 14, 2024.
Immigration Concerns Under Trump Administration
President-elect Trump has promised sweeping changes to immigration policy under his new administration starting on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2025.
Korea Peace Advocates Confront Challenging Future
Peace Advocates from around the United States gathered in Pennsylvania to discuss goals and strategies for bringing about an end to the Korean War and peace with justice on the Korean Peninsula.
Jubilee Campaign 2025: “Turn Debt into Hope”
Sign the petition and join the global call to cancel and remedy unjust and unsustainable debts.
Pope Francis Offers Three Actions for Peace in 2025
In his annual World Day of Peace message, Francis urges the forgiveness of international debt, the abolition of the death penalty, and the reallocation of military funds toward ending hunger.
Advocacy as a Pathway to Sustainable Peace
Iqbal Ahmad, Kroc Institute Fellow from the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, shares what he has learned as a peace and nonviolence intern for the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
Fifty Years of NewsNotes
Michael Gable, editor of NewsNotes from 1980 to 1988, recalls the best and worst of times working for the Maryknoll offices for Peace and Justice to commemorate fifty years of NewsNotes editions.
Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Congress Cautioning Against Sanctions for the ICC
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 75 human rights organizations, faith-based groups, legal associations, and academic institutions in an open letter to Congress and the incoming US Presidential administration decrying sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Maryknoll OGC Joins 50 Groups in Letter Opposing Reauthorization of the House Committee on China
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined a letter to the leadership of the House of Representatives , organized by Asian Americans Advancing Justice with the partnership of fifty faith and civil society groups, in opposition to the reauthorization of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, due in part to wanton fearmongering and its hostile and aggressive rhetoric.
Maryknoll OGC Joins Letter to Biden Administration for Protections for Haiti and Haitians
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 33 other faith and civil society organizations in a letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris requesting protections for Haiti and Haitians, namely ending the mass deportation of Haitians, stemming the flow of guns to Haiti, sanctions against the specific individuals responsible for human rights abuses, and encouraging locally-led development.