River Above Asia and Oceania Ecclesial Network
James Pochury Following through on their 2026 commitment to localize the outcomes of COP30, the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) gathered partner organizations in a workshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka in June 2026 to
RAOEN Coordinator Pedro Walpole SJ shared about the urgent need to recognize and affirm Indigenous Peoples, to give voice to their lived realities, and to defend their ancestral lands during the workshop, From Commitment to
Pedro Walpole SJ (presentation during the Mindanao Climate Justice and Solidarity Conference 2025 in Malaybalay, Bukidnon) Welcome back home for those who were in the COP30 climate conference in Belém, Brazil and greetings to those
Luciano Coutinho Paulino SJ and Pedro Walpole SJ Around Belém, Pará, Brazil where COP30 is being held, communities that care for their land are meeting on concerns also tackled in the UN climate summit. But
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 transit
Pedro Walpole SJ In a side meeting of the Asian Catholic Actors and the Climate Change Desk Asia of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) in Belém, Brazil during COP30, the question faced is:
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, the
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 places
Eneriza Menaling The word that stood out to me the most today is mutirão, which means community effort or gathering. This word is very meaningful because it shows the importance of people coming together to
Eneriza Menaling, a Pulangiyēn youth from Mindanao, Philippines, and part of the RAOEN team in COP30 in Belém, Brazil, is featured as one of Ecojesuit‘s climate champions in its Daily Bulletin for Day 6, and