River Above Asia and Oceania Ecclesial Network
James Pochury The 11-day, nearly 33,000 km apostolic journey of Pope Francis to Oceania and Southeast Asia from 2 to 13 September 2024 is not just about a pastoral series of visits but a profoundTo be a Church of the peripheries
Monsignor Gerard Burns It became clear in the Oceania continental process (with notable exceptions) that, by our common Christian formation that the Church is the privileged place for the experience of walking together, the firstTowards greater welcome and inculturation
During the Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania 2023 Assembly in Suva Fiji, Pedro Walpole SJ, Network Coordinator of the River Above Asia Oceania Ecclesial Network (RAOEN), shared about the network’s purpose in engagingRAOEN at FCBCO Suva Assembly 2023: Engaging the indigenous and their relation with all life
RAOEN shares the opening address of Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, during the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences’ of Oceania (FCBCO) Assembly in Suva, Fiji. The gathering aimsEnvironment, synodality, and dreams: Cardinal Czerny’s address to the bishops in Oceania
The Pacific Ocean, covering one-third of the planet’s surface, is the largest climate determinant on Earth. Oceania and Asia share a common image in the ‘River Above’ – the Pacific Ocean is the current ofClimate change and La Niña in Oceania and Asia
Different groups affected by the changes in ocean climate, livelihoods and biodiversity loss started to exchange in March what group action and participation might be possible around the second UN Ocean Conference (UNOC), reflecting andRAOEN in UNOC: From the tides and currents in Lisbon, towards greater ocean action and justice
There is an urgent need to develop a creative dialogical space in an adequate environment in order to respond to the appeals made in Laudato Si’, and to enact the structural transformations it put forward.Ecclesial Networks Alliance for Integral Ecology: Contributions to COP26
Pedro Walpole SJ, Network Catalyst of the River Above Asia Oceania Ecclesial Network welcomes the participants of “Ecclesial Synodality in the Shared Mission of Oceania and Asia,” a gathering of voices from the Church, civilEcclesial Synodality: the Promise of Journeying Together in a Threatened World
Cardinal Mario Grech: The Synodal Journey Towards an Ecclesial Communion Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, Vatican, shares this message of hope and support to local Church leaders, faith groups andCardinal Mario Grech: The Synodal Journey Towards an Ecclesial Communion
Click the image to view the full infographic and other event resources. Members of indigenous and local communities, faith groups, youth representatives, and other voices from Oceania and Asia shared their climate realities and theCulture-based solutions: A strength of growing reconciliation with land and seas through faith, community, and nature