Category: World Watch
WORLD WATCH ARTICLES
News from the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, a resource on issues of peace, social justice and integrity of creation, bringing Maryknoll’s mission experience into U.S. policy discussions.
Water Defenders Face Dangerous Challenge
A new book documents how courageous water defenders in El Salvador made the Central American country the first nation in the world to ban metal mining.
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Vatican COVID-19 Commission Examines Pastoral and Social Challenges of Pandemic
Pope Francis asks Vatican COVID-19 Commission to focus on four social issue areas: security, economics, ecology and health.
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Upholding Human Rights During the Pandemic
U.N. official accuses various countries of alleged human rights abuses under the guise of...
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COVID-19 Jubilee Debt Relief
Debt relief campaign seeks to help impoverished countries struggling with COVID-19 pandemic avert...
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Querida Amazonia: Call for a Missionary Church
In his new exhortation, Querida Amazonia, Pope Francis describes his “great dreams”...
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Inequality and Social Unrest
Growing inequality in many countries is leading to protests around the world Last year, a wave of...
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Refugees Left in Limbo
Catholic leaders object to government turning blind eye to people fleeing war, persecution and...
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Climate Change And Our Food
Food security in jeopardy as climate changes. Climate change is affecting food security globally...
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A Nonviolence Movement on the Border
Activists and ordinary people on US-Mexico border put nonviolence into action in response to...
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