The key to caring for God's creation isn't more innovative solutions that will emerge from this week's United Nations Ocean Conference, nor is it a new set of targets that could come out of vital UN conferences later this year. Rather, to truly care for our common home, we all need to feel connected to God's creation and each other, speakers from throughout Oceania shared in an unofficial side event to the UN Ocean Conference on Tuesday.
The event, titled 'Oceania Talanoa: Faith, Indigenous, and Nature's Moana Shaping and Safeguarding Innovations of the Sea,' was broadcast live from Lisbon, Portugal, the host city of the conference. The dialogue brought together Catholic leaders and Indigenous Peoples from throughout Oceania to share how they connect with the ocean and God's creation, and how Catholics everywhere can "shake up" the status quo. Read more Watch the video of the side event (1:54:55) Comments are closed.
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