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James Pochury As the world turns its eyes toward Belém in November 2025, it is worth recalling a quieter hilltop moment in June 2025 in Shillong, Meghalaya, India when the Workshop on COP30 and theListening to rivers, forests, and indigenous hearts
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
Imelda Soidi In Chapter Two of Pope Leo XIV’s recent exhortation Dilexi Te, he reflects on the way of life of the early Christian community, a people who truly cared for the poor and livedReflection on Dilexi te
The two-day international seminar on Indigenous Science Development: Intersecting Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Scientific Inquiry, and Socio-cultural Practices organized by St Edmund’s College Shillong in Meghalaya, in northeast India from 24 to 25 October 2025 gatheredInternational seminar on indigenous science development
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
On 11 September 2025, ESSC Research Director and RAOEN Coordinator Pedro Walpole SJ shared about COP30 and the role of the Society of Jesus in Episode 1 of the Faith and Ecology Podcast: A COP30Claim the hope and seek the right action
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