Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania president Bishop Anthony Randazzo has called for stronger collaboration with governments, regional organisations, and civil society to protect the homelands and livelihoods of people in Oceania. Source: Broken Bay Diocese.
Bishop Randazzo said policy frameworks, combined with pastoral strategies, are needed in a region where whole communities are at risk.
This was his key message to a gathering of the Migrants and Refugees Oceania Network in Sydney last night.
Oceania is a vast geographical region in the southwestern Pacific composed of thousands of islands divided into four culturally distinct subregions: Australia and New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
“Our vision is simple, yet ambitious,” Bishop Randazzo said.
“We desire a region where every person on the move is treated with dignity, protected from harm, and accompanied with genuine Christian care…
Source: Broken Bay Diocese
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