The Filipino Archbishop Ryan Jimenez, the chief of the Pacific Episcopal Conference recently met Pope Leo XVI and alerted him about the changes taking place in the Pacific because of climate change. A few days before meeting the Pope, a friend of his sent the Archbishop a message: ’Tell the Pope that we are drowning.’ Since there are many small islands in this area, many people are opting to leave their islands and move to Australia as they feel that they are really drowning. The Pope sent the people a message: ‘I understand that in your archdiocese you have many challenges, but remember that God is always close to you.’ The Pacific Episcopal Conference (CEPAC) includes Cook islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna.
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