River Above Asia and Oceania Ecclesial Network
Pedro Walpole SJ From the COP30 climate conference zones to Cúpula dos Povos (CDP) (People’s Summit) here at Belém in Brazil, people are caught with the contradictions and the frustrations. At the same time, theWith many contradictions and little implementation, hope struggles on at COP30 to not become a conference of promises
RAOEN, together with Boston College Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF), and the Integral Ecology Research Network, are gathering indigenous and local voices with academic and faithRAOEN co-organizes COP30 side event on integral ecology and climate justice, bringing indigenous voices in the struggle for change
This briefing kit accompanies RAOEN youth and faith-based delegates in their journey to COP30 in Belém, Brazil from 10 to 21 November 2025. The kit offers practical guides, cultural insights, and advocacy framing rooted inFirmly rooted yet pilgrims: Our journey to COP30 (RAOEN briefing kit for COP30 participation)
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
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
Caritas Asia, Caritas internationalis, and the Office of Human Development of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) are organizing an online learning session on Stories of Survival: Disasters, Displacement, and Debts, on 31 OctoberOnline learning session on stories of survival: Disasters, displacement, and debts
Aotearoa New Zealand’s Indigenous leadership is stepping up climate action in a powerful and visible way as the National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF) – a collective of leaders from 71 iwi (tribes) across the countryNational Iwi Chairs Forum sends young Māori to represent Aotearoa at COP30
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
James Hug SJ For the last several years, Father James “Jim” Hug SJ, has been preparing homily notes, analysis, and prayers for the Sundays of the Season of Creation (1 September through 4 October) toPeace with Creation, Seeds of Peace and Hope: Season of Creation 2025