River Above Asia and Oceania Ecclesial Network
RAOEN shares an intervention made by Archbishop Peter Loy Chong at a COP28 high-level Party event hosted by Tuvalu entitled Nation-states join forces to pursue a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty negotiating mandate on 2 DecemberTowards a fossil fuel-free future: Protecting the dignity, identity, and existence of Pacific Islanders
The River Above Asia Oceania Ecclesial Network (RAOEN) shares this message from the Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO) that recently held their gathering in Suva, Fiji, on 5 to 10 February 2023,Statement on the Oceans from the FCBCO Suva Assembly 2023
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 document Listening to Indigenous Peoples and Talking as Church from Where We Are, a reflection on the responses gathered from 23 synod synthesis reports of bishops’ conferences in Oceania and Asia, andListening to Indigenous Peoples and talking as Church from where we are
In preparation for the General Assembly of the Federation of Catholics’ Bishops Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO) in February 2023, a Preparatory Event entitled Our Ocean Home will be held online on 28 to 30 NovemberOur Ocean Home, a synodal preparatory event to the FCBCO Assembly
Asia and Oceania continue to experience the brunt of the climate crisis, with rising sea levels detrimentally affecting the lives and livelihood of coastal communities, and rising global temperatures and extreme weather events leading toFaith at the Climate Frontiers: Consequences for Oceania and Asia
Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO) President Archbishop Peter Loy Chong tells stories, from his childhood in Fiji, to the current experiences of communities in Oceania, to shed light on the different threatsArchbishop Peter Loy Chong: Stories from the Ocean
Creating a space for synodality through a dialogue between local voices and Church and ecumenical leaders strengthens collaborations and commitments amongst groups with a common desire to care for the oceans and forests, and inEcclesial synodality in the shared mission of Oceania and Asia