Guam archbishop tells Pope: ‘we are sinking!’
July 15, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Archbishop Ryan Jimenez of Agana, Guam, reports that during a private audience with Pope Leo XIV he stressed the urgency of climate-change concerns in Oceania.
The archbishop said that he had convey a message from other bishops in the region: “Please tell the Holy Father that we are sinking in Tuvalu.” Natives of the Pacific island nation are migrating to Australia, he said. “With the effects of climate change, the rising sea levels, people are forced to leave their homes and move to another place.”
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