Thomas Gould, Author at Maryknoll Magazine

World Watch: Global Debt Crisis Needs a Jubilee

Pope Francis has called on world leaders to consider debt cancellation for poor countries as a way to honor the Jubilee Year.

In Taiwan, Maryknoll Father Joyalito Tajonera convened 130 leaders from 17 countries last year for the Conference on Fisher’s Welfare.

Maryknoll Sister Patricia Ryan and the organization she founded in the Andes of southern Peru have won a landmark case for water rights.

The new trade deal among 14 countries, currently under negotiation, has the potential of affecting 28% of U.S. global trade.

Charges of ethnic cleansing in Sudan have surfaced as two warring generals vie for power and the country’s people pay a heavy price.