The publisher of Orbis Books shares a book he edited of Pope Francis’ teachings on migrants and refugees, A Stranger and You Welcomed Me.
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Maryknoll Vicar General: Father James M. Lynch
Father James M. Lynch returns to post of vicar general of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers as new leadership council installed.
Founder of Peru’s Shining Path Insurgency, Which Targeted Catholic Church, Dies
Abimael Guzmán — Peru’s most hated man — dies in prison years after his Shining Path guerrillas unleashed a 12-year reign of terror.
Pope, Bishops Call for Calm, Dialogue After Haitian President Killed
Bishops of Haiti condemn the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.By Cindy Wooden,...
2020 STUDENT ESSAY WINNERS
Referencing Pope Francis’ call to “build a civilization of love,” students in the Maryknoll Essay Contest explain what they think he means by that phrase.
Conflict Keeps People from Farming, Drives Some to Brink of Famine
Yemen, South Sudan, Burkina Faso and northeastern Nigeria are close to starving, officials say.By...
‘Don’t Look Away:’ An Interview with Author Linda Dakin-Grimm
Linda Dakin-Grimm, author of the Orbis book Dignity & Justice: Welcoming the Stranger at Our...
Missioner Tales, Winter 2021
I first met Jose when he participated in my first Theater of the Oppressed group in a parish on...
Finding True Christmas—and a Vocation
Maryknoll Brother Martin Shea documents with photos and poetry the flight and return of Guatemalan refugees and in the process he finds true Christmas.
‘Our people have already canonized them’
Forty years after the brutal killings of four U.S. churchwomen, a city in El Salvador claims Maryknoll sisters as its own martyrs.
Pope Condemns Murder of Cameroon Children
Pope Francis expresses solidarity with families of seven schoolchildren killed in the Central...
Protesters burn churches in Chile over inequality
Many protesters are demanding the rewriting of the dictatorship-era constitution, under...
Abduction, conversion of Christian teen in Pakistan sparks outcry
A 13-year-old Catholic girl abducted outside her home in Karachi, forced to marry her kidnapper....
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