The September/October 2026 issue of the Far East has a special focus on the Season of Creation.
In the fifth article in our biodiversity series Fr Pat Colgan highlights how Pacific Island nations, which account for less than 1% of global emissions, are increasingly impacted by rising seas and intensifying storms linked to climate change.
Elsewhere, Columban Novice Karen Lanipao considers how trees teach us lessons about how to conserve biodiversity while Sr Kate Midgley appeals to people to care, protect, oversee and preserve God’s beautiful handiwork as a pro-life issue.
In the Philippines, farmers are rediscovering the wisdom of the soil in Misamis Oriental with the help of agroecology workshops funded by Fr Oliver McCrossan and his benefactors.
Elsewhere in this issue Fr John Boles recounts the remarkable tale of how a ‘Guardian Angel’ saved the life of Columban Fr Ray Collier on the concourse of Heathrow Airport.
Fr Alvaro Martinez writes about developments in the Columban Ministry of the Border where every migrant is seen as sacred, carrying God’s image, and deserving of a life of dignity, peace and hope.
Fr Bobby Gilmore explores whether the Eurocentric model of Christianity was influenced by a colonising attitude and the negative cost of a colonising and colonised mindset.
Columban Missionary Fr Frank Hoare explains how drug addiction and an increase in HIV infection among young people is becoming a national emergency in Fiji.
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