As over eight million people face starvation, desperate South Sudanese raid warehouses and attack aid workers for food.
Maryknoll Magazine Spring 2026
In this issue of Maryknoll, we examine how cuts to U.S. foreign aid have impacted a major AIDS relief program launched decades ago in Kenya by Maryknoll missioners, while in another article, we visit an AIDS hospice started by Maryknoll sisters that provides care and shelter to patients in Guatemala.
We continue our coverage of immigration with a look at the Church’s clear opposition to mass deportation and the mistreatment of migrants. We meet the latest group of Maryknoll lay missioners, accompany young adults on a pilgrimage to Rome, and share other mission stories from around the world.
FEATURED STORIES
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.
NEWS
Latest news from mission sites and countries around the world.
Cardinal Says, Remember Conflict in Syria
Apostolic Nuncio to Syria fears the world has forgotten 11 year conflict that left 610,000 dead, 2.1 million injured and 13 million displaced.
Pope: Elders Are Prophets, Listen to Them
Pope Francis stresses the importance of elders’ wisdom for our time, as people drift without values and the world careens toward destruction.
Ukrainian Archbishop: ‘Defend Innocent Civilians’
Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop Borys Gudziak says Russian invasion is not due to a military threat, but to the threat of democracy.
Arrival of Ukrainian Refugees Renews Immigration Debate on U.S.-Mexico Border
Public health measure Title 42, used to expel migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border but reconsidered for Ukrainians, is again questioned.
‘My Dream Is to Survive,’ Says Scholar in Lviv
A Fulbright scholar reports from Lviv, where she lives in western Ukraine, “Before the war I had many dreams. … Now my dream is to survive.”
Report Warns of Atrocities, Famine in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
New Report by Refugees International tells of famine, population displacement and acts of atrocities being suffered in Tigray, Ethiopia.
Horror of War ‘Lodges in Your Gut’ When Recounted by Refugees, Cardinal Says
Cardinal Michael Czerny, on mission from the Vatican, meets victims of the invasion of Ukraine to show pope’s support for those fleeing war.
Maryknoll Mission Society: A Prayer for Ukraine
Father Lance P. Nadeau, superior general of the Maryknoll Society of Fathers and Brothers, offers a prayer for peace in Ukraine.
Vatican Sends Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine
Pope Francis mobilizes efforts for humanitarian aid to Ukraine, designating two cardinals to accompany and lead this mission.
Over Five Million Children Orphaned by Pandemic
Researchers determine that worldwide, over 5.2 million children have lost a parent or caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
El Salvador Presses Charges for Jesuit Murders
El Salvador brings charges against a former president and 12 others in the murders of six Jesuits and two women in 1989.
Russian Catholics Angry, Upset by Ukraine Invasion
Church officials in Russia say that Catholics are “grieving, angered and bewildered” by their country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Mexican Bishops: Build Peace
The bishops’ conference in Mexico calls for all Mexicans to work together for peace and to overcome violence, even confronting drug cartels.
PHOTO MEDITATION
Spirituality
Mission in Latin America
MISSIONER TALES
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.
MISSIONER TALES
Leung Ying, who was partially disabled after a stroke, came to live in our home for the elderly in Hong Kong, where I served in mission. She appeared very sad and would walk up and down, dragging one foot a little and weeping. She continually repeated the same thing,...
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