We are the advocacy-analysis office for Maryknoll missioners, promoting justice, peace, and integrity of creation. www.maryknollogc.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lunan27tis2z🗓THIS FRIDAY at 9am ET - Religious Life for Climate Justice: Turning Hope into Action Catholics from around the world are gathering to meet the moment of the urgent climate crisis. Join us virtually in English, Spanish, French, Italian or Portuguese: mogc.me/RL4CJ #ClimateAction #climatechange23 Jul 2025 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunan27tis2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lu6k2kdntk24This morning, Israel fired on the Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Gaza, killing three people and injuring more, including the parish priest. #PopeLeo wrote: "I am deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury caused by the military attack on the Holy Family Church in #Gaza...17 Jul 2025 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu6k2kdntk24https://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3ltkunpmzoc2lThe U.S. negotiated "peace deal" between Rwanda and the DRC risks swapping war for resource exploitation. Learn more about the plans for U.S. mineral rights in the Congo: https://maryknollogc.org/2025/07/02/drc-and-rwanda-sign-peace-deal/09 Jul 2025 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltkunpmzoc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lsk3uxsed22jToday, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, is dedicated to honoring survivors and speaking out against torture in all its forms. The U.S. now plans to send migrants to Guantanamo Bay, a place synonymous with torture and human rights abuses. The U.S. must do better. https://www.npr.org/2025/06/23/nx-s1-5436898/trump-guantanamo-gitmo-migrants26 Jun 2025 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsk3uxsed22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lqbauhmwhc2yThe “One Big Beautiful Bill” passed by the House has a 5% blanket tax that would unduly burden African nations, potentially costing them billions of dollars. The Africa Faith & Justice Network coordinated a letter to the Senate to ask that the potentially harmful clause be removed:28 May 2025 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqbauhmwhc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lpamluhm7222Catholic Relief Services invites us on Sat. May 17 at 1 pm ET to join a nationwide call to prayer and action to protect life-saving international humanitarian assistance. Sign up here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=jDAMuI3QB0uRXBGpLZzGvdcOduKIGahOolm4yUHA2ONUQ09ZTURCRk1UWjVDUktJMU1DMjQwSUJGWCQlQCN0PWcu15 May 2025 23:01 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpamluhm7222https://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lp3cslspvk2lTomorrow the Senate votes S.Res. 195, which would require Sec. Rubio to report on compliance with court mandates to return detainee to the U.S. and report on human rights conditions in the prison. Write to your senators to ask for their support on S.Res. 195: https://maryknollogc.org/action/ask-senate-for-accountability-on-migrants-sent-to-el-salvador/13 May 2025 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp3cslspvk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lp2oqbrezs2u🚨The deadline to register for Korea Peace Advocacy week is this Friday! Participants will take part in up to three virtual meetings with their members of Congress urge lawmakers to co-sponsor and pass the Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act. https://maryknollogc.org/action/register-for-korea-peace-advocacy-week/13 May 2025 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2oqbrezs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lnvr2dpwnc27Encyclicals written, countries visited, saints canonized—Pope Francis' 12-year long pontificate was distinguished by Gospel values of mercy, social justice, and care for creation. #pope #PopeFrancis https://maryknollogc.org/2025/04/28/legacy-of-pope-francis/28 Apr 2025 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnvr2dpwnc27https://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lnisuzeods2wIn honor of Pope Francis, who consistently emphasized the importance of “love your neighbor” as a fundamental aspect of our faith, we invite you to take action for Haiti. Join tomorrow's webinar and sign the petition https://maryknollogc.org/action_alerts/join-webinar-on-haiti/23 Apr 2025 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnisuzeods2whttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lngixaqmb22gEarth Day takes on special meaning this year, arriving as it does at the beginning of the Easter Season, and amid global mourning for Pope Francis. We invite you to honor his prophetic life by taking three actions on these themes. #popefrancis https://maryknollogc.org/action_alerts/honor-pope-francis-for-earth-day/22 Apr 2025 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lngixaqmb22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lndvopczdk2gWith heavy hearts, the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joins the world in mourning the passing of Pope Francis, who died in Rome on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88, twelve years after he began his papacy https://maryknollogc.org/2025/04/21/in-gratitude-for-the-life-and-leadership-of-pope-francis/21 Apr 2025 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lndvopczdk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lmijjgcqpk2tOur friends at Pax Christi International are organizing a Global Day of Prayer for Peace in Sudan on April 11. Find out more on our website: https://maryknollogc.org/action_alerts/join-the-global-day-of-prayer-for-peace-in-sudan-on-april-11/ #LightingTheWaySudan10 Apr 2025 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmijjgcqpk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lmhylko7qk2nOur director was quoted in OSV News: "As the U.S. bishops said in their letter to the president, the U.S. has the opportunity to make real change that would make the world a better place not only for people on the other side of the world but right here at home" https://www.osvnews.com/us-bishops-ask-trump-in-joint-letter-to-pursue-global-debt-relief-in-the-jubilee-year/10 Apr 2025 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmhylko7qk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3llcsldrxhk2xOnce again in front of the US Capitol Building for Faithful Witness Wednesdays, our multi-faith vigil calling upon Congress to exercise greater moral courage in upholding its Article 1 powers.26 Mar 2025 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3llcsldrxhk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3ll56r4f6zk2cToday, March 24 at 6 p.m. MT, at San Jacinto Plaza, Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso spearheads a march and vigil to protest the Trump administration's plans for mass deportations, inviting "all people of faith and everyone committed to the common good" with participants marching to Sacred Heart Church.24 Mar 2025 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll56r4f6zk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lkqcr6iqn225Today, on St. Joseph's Day, let us recall that St Joseph and the Holy Family were refugees. Right now, due to actions the federal government has taken, the vast majority of overseas refugee processing remains paused and no refugees are being resettled. Let Congress know you care: mogc.info/4bV5SEx19 Mar 2025 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkqcr6iqn225https://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lkm6yf32u22vPresident Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 the weekend of March 15 and sent over 200 Venezuelan migrants to prison in El Salvador, despite a court order against it. Read the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns' statement below. https://maryknollogc.org/2025/03/17/maryknoll-ogc-alien-enemies-act-statement/17 Mar 2025 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkm6yf32u22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3ljnow7p7w22xToday is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent! Download our Lenten Reflection Guide: Jubilee of Hope, for reflections on the Lenten readings and how they relate to the Jubilee year. We hope it may spark the light of faith in uncertain times. #AshWednesday https://maryknollogc.org/resources/lenten-reflection-guide-2025-jubilee-of-hope/05 Mar 2025 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljnow7p7w22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3likx7qegsk27🗓Join our webinar "Responding to Foreign Aid Freeze" tomorrow, Feb. 20, at 3pm ET! https://maryknollogc.org/action/webinar-responding-foreign-aid-freeze19 Feb 2025 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3likx7qegsk27https://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3liiafwihec2iPope Francis was admitted to a hospital in Rome to treat a respiratory infection. Join us in prayer for our Holy Father with the prayer written by the Felician Services. https://www.felicianservices.org/prayers-for-pope-francis/18 Feb 2025 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3liiafwihec2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lhyvzawafc2wIn less than a week! Register for the Catholic Pilgrims of Hope for Creation virtual launch party, on 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗙𝗲𝗯. 𝟭𝟴, 𝟵𝗮𝗺 𝗘𝗧. 🗓 https://maryknollogc.org/action/join-catholic-pilgrims-hope-creation #pilgrimage #jubileeyear #jubilee12 Feb 2025 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhyvzawafc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lhwj4geris2yPope Francis wrote a letter to United States bishops urging them to uphold the dignity of migrants. Read the full letter here: https://maryknollogc.org/resources/statements/letter-holy-father-francis-bishops-united-states #welcomewithdignity #migrantswelcome #migrants #immigrants #PopeFrancis #Popequotes11 Feb 2025 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhwj4geris2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lhjjjcdspk2jThe Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) has prepared a set of Know Your Rights handouts in eleven different languages available here: mogc.info/KYR06 Feb 2025 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjjjcdspk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lhhi7fuxos26A dangerous countdown has begun: One year from today, New START – the last remaining treaty limiting the world's two largest nuclear arsenals – will expire. The Doomsday Clock has been set at 89 seconds to midnight – the closest we have ever been to global catastrophe.05 Feb 2025 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhhi7fuxos26https://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lgyekoij522rCatholic Bishops recently returned from a "pilgrimage of hope" in the Holy Land. In their final communique of their pilgrimage, they wrote the following, as published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: https://www.usccb.org/resources/communique-holy-land-co-ordination-january-23-2025 #Ceasefire #Gaza #Israel #Palestine https://www.usccb.org/resources/communique-holy-land-co-ordination-january-23-2025#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe%20came%20to%20tell%20you,the%20Holy%20Land%20on%20pilgrimage30 Jan 2025 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgyekoij522rhttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lgw35icwnc2kThe @prbdata.bsky.social estimated that 60 million deaths could be prevented by 2030 with reasonable investments in primary healthcare (PHC) in low- and middle-income countries. The U.S. should increase its commitment to global welfare, not end it. #health https://maryknollogc.org/resources/newsnotes/report-reveals-global-healthcare-inequity29 Jan 2025 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgw35icwnc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/maryknollogc.bsky.social/post/3lgtnldhp3k2iThe new administration issued a directive to freeze all federal foreign assistance by 5pm today, for ninety days. This includes funding for life-saving programs. Our friends at @catholicrelief.bsky.social have released this call to action: https://support.crs.org/act/foreign-aid-operations28 Jan 2025 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:qqcbeolr6rfv2r3pp7unkzhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtnldhp3k2i