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.
Oklahoma City Archdiocese pursues cause of sainthood for martyred native son Father Stanley Rother Thirty-five years ago this July 28, three men slipped into the rectory of Santiago Apóstol (St. James the Apostle) parish in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala, at 1:30 in the morning. Clearly familiar with...
Indigenous activist murdered in Honduras defending the environment and human rights On March 5, two days after environmentalist and indigenous leader Berta Cáceres was murdered, thousands of her supporters clogged the streets of La Esperanza, Honduras, carrying her coffin for burial and shouting...
A Maryknoll Affiliate and members of her parish expand their vision by helping refugees find a home in North Carolina Think globally and act locally is a mantra often repeated by the Maryknoll Affiliates—people who identify with Maryknoll’s vision, spirit and charism but remain active in their...
Immigrant family gives Pope Francis copy of Orbis book || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Deirdre Cornell[/googlefont] One frigid December morning six years ago, my husband and I were awakened by a phone call. With panic in her voice, a friend from our parish told us that an...
Maryknoll Sister joins the thousands on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border to worship together with Pope Francis || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Lelia Mattingly, M.M.[/googlefont] When Pope Francis arrived in Juárez, Mexico, on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, to celebrate Mass...
Despite hardships and earthquake, a young woman in Nepal hopes for the future || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Pradeep Singh[/googlefont] Kabita Rai was less than a year old when her parents brought her to Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, fleeing the threat of Maoist guerrillas...
Maryknoll Sister treats the hands and health of migrant farmworkers in Pennsylvania || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Mary Ellen Manz, M.M.[/googlefont] She remembers one black grandmother who, despite oral cancer, wouldn’t keep her appointment to see a specialist if it meant...
In honor of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, which Pope Francis has declared from Dec. 8, 2015 to Nov. 20, 2016, we asked students to share a real-life story of mercy that has inspired them and to tell what this story teaches them about the need for mercy today. We received 6,452 essays from students...
Driving across the grasslands to a distant chapel to celebrate Easter during the rainy season in Tanzania. Halfway through a swampy plain the mud becomes so thick I abandon my truck and walk the last mile and a half ankle-deep in mud to arrive wet, dirty and tired. The people run toward me...
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Pope Francis’ message on the World Day for Migrants and Refugees includes an appeal for peace, especially in Myanmar, Cameroon and Ukraine.
A Maryknoll Lay Missioner in South Sudan reflects on the Mass readings for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time and Jesus’ teaching to care for those who, like Lazarus in the Gospel, are poor and suffering.
Recently returned from a trip to Kazakhstan, Pope Francis says the country has taken steps toward nuclear disarmament and alternative energy.
U.S. bishops decry sending migrants from the border to other parts of the States in acts of political theater, with one saying this “offends God.”
Sent by Pope Francis, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski delivers aid under gunfire and prays at a burial site for people killed in the Russian invasion.
Death of a man who was thought to be the last of his tribe in the Amazon basin raises concerns about disappearance of Indigenous cultures.
A Maryknoll lay missioner in Brazil reflects on the Mass readings for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time and asks, “Are we good stewards?”
Pope Francis addresses leaders of world and traditional religions in Kazakhstan, calls for an end to fundamentalism, violence and extremism.
The intervention of the international community is needed as about 7.1 million people, half of them children, need emergency aid to survive famine caused by draught
Church and international leaders cite reports of Ukrainians, including children, being subjected to mass deportations.
Comboni Sister Maria De Coppi, a missioner with six decades of services in Mozambique, was killed...
A staff member of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns recalls violence in Guatemala as he explores the theme of mercy in the Mass readings for 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Maryknoll Father Vincent Capodanno, a chaplain who gave his life for others, is honored in memorial Masses in New York and Washington, D.C.
Continuing his series on discernment, Pope Francis teaches that God often reaches out to us through the unexpected events in our lives.
The fourth in our 2016 spirituality series celebrating the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Before coming to...
As National Bequest Representative for the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, I have been in contact with Carol Cella for many years. Finally...
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.
For years, Don Agustin Lazarte was an itinerant catechist in our St. Francis Xavier parish in the village of Monte Verde, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He would spend a week or a month in a village, helping with ceremonies in the chapel, visiting the country schools and...
Maryknoll missioners In Cambodia and Myanmar are seeing the return of fishermen who have been rescued from slave-like working conditions on Thai fishing boats in the seas off Indonesia. Recruited by...
GO FOR IT! I was a seminarian and a priest in the diocese of Syracuse, N.Y., with Father Michael Bassano, and to see him in the pages of MARYKNOLL magazine is always a delight. He is the same...
