Maryknoll Sister Janet Miller, who has spent a lifetime making deserts bloom, puts Laudato Si’ into practice at the U.S./Mexico border.

This Summer 2025 issue of Maryknoll magazine is dedicated to our beloved Pope Francis. Our cover story pays tribute to the pope from Argentina who was a sign of hope and inspiration for the Maryknoll family, the Catholic Church and the world.
While our print magazine went to press before the conclave, our web pages reflect the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first from the United States. The summer issue also includes a statement from Maryknoll’s superior general, addressing current challenges faced by our country.
Focused on Maryknoll missioners around the world working in solidarity among the poor and marginalized. Articles include issues of importance to people the missioners serve and to the Catholic Church.
Maryknoll Sister Janet Miller, who has spent a lifetime making deserts bloom, puts Laudato Si’ into practice at the U.S./Mexico border.
The Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers have committed to integrating the care of creation “in all that we are and all that we do.”
Maryknoll Sisters set an example of caring for our common home as pioneers in ecology and care of creation.
A Maryknoll priest in Bolivia helps people lead happier lives by learning to reconcile with one another
Maryknoll Father Michael Bassano serves displaced people at a United Nations’ camp in war-torn South Sudan.
Maryknoll Lay Missioners’ newest class is commissioned and sent to Tanzania, El Salvador, Brazil, Bolivia, Kenya and the U.S./Mexico border.
Deacon who serves immigrants in a New York parish widens his vision by visiting U.S./Mexico border with Maryknoll.
During his nearly 50 years living among the poor in Chile, Maryknoll Brother John Nitsch discovered that they are the most generous in helping others in need.
Eighty years ago, when an executive order imprisoned Japanese Americans, Maryknoll missioners became their tireless advocates.
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
The earth is entrusted to our care, yet still belong to God, the pope says in a message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.
The Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist, founded by the U.S. Presentation Sisters, attracts Indigenous women to join a thriving congregation.
A group of Catholic medical students was kidnapped for ransom in Nigeria, in latest attack against Christians in the West African nation.
Thirty percent of parishes nationwide offer Sunday Masses in Spanish, and 3,000 more provide at least some Hispanic pastoral ministry.
We should choose and decide with the grace that God had when he chose to love us, says a Maryknoll priest in the reflection for this week.
Christians make up nearly half of the estimated 280 million migrants worldwide, a new study by the Pew Research Center finds.
Jerusalem Cardinal says that conflict in Gaza has deteriorated interreligious dialogue between Muslims, Jews and Christians.
A convert who was arrested in Egypt more than two years for speaking about his Christian faith has declared he will go on a hunger strike.
With no diplomatic truce in sight, war between Sudanese army and paramilitary continues as refugees pour into neighboring South Sudan.
Bread is how Jesus gives himself to us, says Judy Coode in this reflection. So why are so many denied the taste of the food of love?
As the Vatican continues diplomatic efforts to foster peace between Ukraine and Russia, Pope Francis entrusts war torn countries to Mary.
Catholic Bishops say that charity for migrants and needy is an integral part of Catholic identity, not something that should be criminalized.
In El Salvador, an initiative by the Vatican offers free schooling to vulnerable children at risk of exploitation, crime and poverty.
Relief among people sheltering in Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City as a missile fired by the Israeli army fails to detonate.
Father Joe Veneroso reminds us, it’s Christ’s Church! Overcoming despair, people like Saint Francis and Dorothy Day build the Reign of God.
Maryknoll Father Alfonso Kim tells the tender story of his “Japanese mother,” Yamao-san, who lived a life of quiet service to missioners.
Vignettes from the lands of mission, told by Maryknoll missioners and volunteers. These popular little stories are sometimes funny, often moving and generally inspiring encounters with people on the margins.
Missioners offer snippets of mission life in Kenya and El Salvador and at the U.S./Mexico border.
Pope Francis’ Economy of Francesco invites young economists and entrepreneurs from around the world to envision a new global economy.
FAITHFUL SERVANTI noted in your Fall issue that Father Edward Hayes died during this year. I was in the sabbatical program at the North American College in Rome with Father Ed in the early months of...