“The City of Detroit is facing a major water crisis as a result of decades of policies that have put corporate business and profit ahead of the public good and human rights… The case of water cut-offs in the City of Detroit speaks to the deep racial divides and intractable economic and social inequality in access to services within the United States.” —excerpt from a submission made on June 18 to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation. The water situation in Detroit highlights the challenges that millions of people throughout the world contend with each and every day.

On June 28, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the North American Dominican Justice Promoters (NADJP) issued correspondence addressed to faith leaders in Iraq, expressing their concern for Christians living in Iraq as violence and instability continue. North American Dominican Co-Promoters of Justice Sister Marcelline Koch, OP (Springfield) and Father Charles Dahm, OP, associate pastor of St. Pius V Parish in Chicago, Illinois, vowed advocacy for Christians in Iraq and extended a message of solidarity and continued prayer. Read full text of news release | Read letter The Maryknoll Sisters have also posted a letter from Sister Maria Hanna, OP, prioress general of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena in Iraq, on their web site.