River Above Asia and Oceania Ecclesial Network
This statement was developed from the COP 30 Learning Series that RAOEN facilitated in four sessions of the Learning Series on the Climate Series and COP30 from May to October 2025. The Learning Series wasIndigenous youth from Asia Oceania share their voices and stand with the Church’s message for COP30
Pedro Walpole SJ Listening to communities as they express their challenges and hopes at the local level reflect great resilience and integrity. Recently, I was asked by the General Secretariat on Synodality to offer someFeedback of groups for a synodal Church that listens to the cry of the poor and the earth
The brief community visits RAOEN undertook in August and September 2025 were occasions to witness local pathways to synodality as the local Church accompanies indigenous communities in three sites in Bukidnon, Quezon, and Palawan. ThroughPathways of synodality with Indigenous Peoples
With a delegation of indigenous youth participating onsite and virtually, RAOEN brings indigenous voices from South Asia and Southeast Asia to the forthcoming UN climate summit, the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) of theRAOEN brings indigenous voices to COP30 for peoples, oceans, and forests
Brothers and Sisters, As we celebrate the Jubilee of the Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies, we are invited to contemplate and rediscover the mystery of the Church. She is not merely a religious institution, nor isPope Leo’s homily: Calling all to commit to building a Church that is entirely synodal, ministerial, and attracted to Christ and therefore committed to serving the world
Chainarong Monthienvichienchai (LiCAS.news) More than 50 bishops and Church leaders from across Asia gathered in Samphran, a western suburb of Bangkok, from 22 to 26 September 2025 to reflect on and deepen synodality in theFABC Bishops’ Seminar for Synodality: Reflecting on and deepening synodality in the Church
In a spirit of synodality and shared discernment, a group of indigenous youth from Upper Pulangi gathered at Balay Laudato Si’ in Bendum, Bukidnon, Philippines on 12 to 13 July 2025 with the visiting sistersIndigenous youth and ACI Sisters journey together in faith and dialogue
Indigenous youth leaders from the Mymensingh and Dinajpur dioceses in Bangladesh took part in a two-day animation program to promote participatory engagement in basic ecclesial communities (BECs) while affirming their cultural identity and ecological responsibility.RAOEN organizes animation program for indigenous youth from Mymensingh and Dinajpur dioceses in Bangladesh
As they held soil in their hands, young Indigenous women and community leaders also held space for reflection during the second week of the Beginners’ Program on Inculturation, Synodality, Integral Ecology, and Indigenous Pastoral Ministry,We are learners so we can be leaders: Reflections from Week 2 of the Beginners’ Program on Inculturation, Synodality, Integral Ecology, and Indigenous Pastoral Ministry
Indigenous youth leaders from Mindanao representing the Blaan, Matigsalog, Pulangiyēn, Higaonon, and Umajamnon communities recently came together for a transformative three-week workshop at Balay Laudato Si’ in Bendum, Bukidnon. More than a workshop, the Beginners’Rooted in culture, open in faith: Indigenous youth gather in Bendum for reflection and action