River Above Asia and Oceania Ecclesial Network
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
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
In a spirit of synodality and shared discernment, a group of indigenous youth from Upper Pulangi gathered at Balay Laudato Si’ in Bendum, Bukidnon, Philippines on 12 to 13 July 2025 with the visiting sistersIndigenous youth and ACI Sisters journey together in faith and dialogue
The Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center (APC), in collaboration with RAOEN, shares the Binisaya/Cebuano translation (unofficial) of the pastoral letters of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), May Pag-asa Pa Ba? (Is There Still Hope?),Sharing bishops’ pastoral letters on pilgrimage of hope (Jubilee 2025), and care of creation and call to ecological conversion in local language
Paola Calderón Gomez RAOEN shares this article (in English) originally published in ADN Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano y Caribeño (CELAM). The original version is in Spanish. With the COP30 presidency urging the international community that the climateChurches on the road to COP30: “We call for a coalition between the Global North and South to confront the climate crisis”)
Catholic episcopal conferences and councils of Africa (SECAM), Asia (FABC), Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAM) published a document A Call for Climate Justice and the Common Home: Ecological conversion, transformation, and resistance to falseBishops from the Global South call for climate justice and the common home on the occasion of COP30
“How are our seas and oceans? What can they offer us in terms of fair and solidarity wellness for humanity? Can we sustainably feed, heal and supply materials and energy to a growing human population,Caring for the health and seas, caring for humanity
The Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), through its Pastoral Letter on the Care of Creation issued on 15 March 2025, calls upon the Church in Asia to reflect on the urgency of responding toFABC Pastoral Letter to the Local Churches in Asia on the Care of Creation: A Call to Ecological Conversion
The River Above Asia Oceania Ecclesial Network (RAOEN) encourages Church leaders across Asia and Oceania to take decisive action in protecting Indigenous communities and addressing the escalating climate crisis. The organization emphasized the Church’s responsibilityRAOEN encourages Asia and Oceania Church leaders to champion Indigenous rights, climate action
Working with the River Above Asia Oceania Ecclesial Network (RAOEN), Balay Laudato Si’ (BLS) in Bendum, Bukidnon, Philippines celebrates the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si’ this Jubilee year 2025. Along with Laudate Deum, Laudato Si’Celebrating a decade of Laudato Si’