River Above Asia and Oceania Ecclesial Network
James Pochury In a small village in Khunti, a district in Jharkhand in eastern India, the RAOEN team’s synodal journey in January 2026 encountered a moment when listening was no longer enough and community mappingCommunity mapping: When a community holds up the mirror
James Pochury Simran and Jiren are Adivasi youth who carry their ancestors in their bones, know their people’s history in their cells, and can trace their relationship to land and community with perfect clarity butWho am I when I cannot be who I know I am?
Pedro Walpole SJ COP as a spiritual experience sounds like a contradiction in action and in being. For many, it will begin to happen on the way home with so much tiredness, along with transitHow does one speak of COP as a spiritual experience?
Imelda Soidi Pope Francis, in his encyclical Laudato SI’, , reminds us one very important aspects of connection between person and place: “The history of our friendship with God is always linked to particular placesDisconnection: COP30, Days 3 and 4
Eneriza Menaling Voice is important to be heard, and to be heard we need the presence, and most of all action so that we can implement what we are saying. What’s the point of voicingVoice – Presence – Action
Eneriza Menaling My word for today is vulnerability. In one of the online sessions I attended, I heard people talk about their vulnerability in terms of food security because of climate change, which is exactlyVulnerability
Eneriza Menaling This sentence caught my attention because many people here at COP30 are talking about funds. I agree that money is important to help countries build infrastructure and other projects, but it is more“We are not just looking for funds; we are looking for solutions.”
Jean D’Cunha The mammoth challenge, not only at the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP 30) on Climate Change, which opens today and runs for the next ten days in Brazil, but also before andCOP 30 at the Amazon’s edge
