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January - February 2025

Vol. 50, No. 1

A bi-monthly newsletter on international justice and peace issues.

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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.

January - February 2025

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.

January - February 2025

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.

January - February 2025

Jubilee Campaign 2025: “Turn Debt into Hope”

Sign the petition and join the global call to cancel and remedy unjust and unsustainable debts.

January - February 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.

January - February 2025

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.

January - February 2025

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.

January - February 2025

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.

January - February 2025

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.

January - February 2025

UN Mulls Permanent African Security Council Seats

The international body that addresses peace and security currently has no permanent seats for the often underrepresented and historically marginalized continent.

January - February 2025

UN Biodiversity Conference Lets Indigenous Lead

Sara Kennel, climate advocacy intern, shares the outcomes of the UN conference on biodiversity.

January - February 2025

Finance Feud Clouds UN Climate Change Conference

The UN Climate Change Conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, will be remembered as the moment climate advocates stayed strong in the face of weak commitments from wealthy, polluting nations.

January - February 2025

Report Reveals Global Healthcare Inequity

A Population Reference Bureau report shows a global dearth of primary care and its effects on life expectancy.

January - February 2025

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January - February 2025
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