Category: News

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

by Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns | Aug 12, 2022

By Sister Mary Ellen Manz, M.M. Sunday, August 14, 2022 Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10; Psalms 40:2, 3,...

African Bishops Lament Inability to Stop Young People from Leaving

by Catholic News Service | Aug 11, 2022

Bishops in Africa express “pain” at seeing young people migrate to lives of uncertainty.

Religious Orders Call for International Intervention in Haiti

by Catholic News Service | Aug 10, 2022

Gangs in Haiti are responsible for nearly four kidnappings a day in 2022 and violence that killed more than 200 and forced 3,000 to flee their homes during July alone.

New Salvadoran reality threatens ‘inclusion’

by Larry Parr | Aug 9, 2022

A Maryknoll lay missioner reflects on Salvadoran crackdown on gangs that sweeps up the righteous along with the wicked.

Detained Bishop in Nicaragua Says Hate must Be Answered with Love

by Catholic News Service | Aug 8, 2022

Bishop critical of the Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega because of its repression is under virtual house arrest.

Faith in Suffering: A Maryknoll Reflection

by Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns | Aug 5, 2022

Reflecting on the Sunday Mass readings, a Maryknoll lay missioner gives witness to the faith of the community where she serves in Haiti.

Deacon Tom Cornell, longtime Catholic peacemaker and activist, dies at 88

by Catholic News Service | Aug 4, 2022

Peacemaker and activist Tom Cornell, co-founder of Pax Christi USA and the Catholic Peace Fellowship, dies at 88.

Biden continues construction along parts of border wall started by Trump

by Catholic News Service | Aug 3, 2022

The Biden administration plan to fill gaps in the border wall draws rebuke from residents, immigration organizations and political opponents.

COVID Complicated HIV Pandemic, But Faith Groups Praised for Response

by Catholic News Service | Aug 2, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenges of HIV in many areas, but leaders of the global response to HIV and AIDS who gathered in Montreal for the International AIDS Conference praised faith leaders for their contribution to fighting the four decade-old AIDS pandemic.