Posts Tagged ‘Cardinal Soane Patita Mafi’

Storm brewing over Pacific climate and debt

Thursday, March 9th, 2023

Across the Pacific, people are picking up the bones of their ancestors like shells on the beach. Burial grounds are being washed away by rising tides. Communities are shoring up seawalls with old tyres. I was raised on the beautiful island of Tonga. When I was a child, my parents and grandparents would come out Read more

‘Listen to the Pacific’ – Mafi’s message to COP26

Thursday, October 28th, 2021
“Listen to the Pacific”

Cardinal Soane Patita Mafi has a simple message for politicians attending next month’s COP26 climate conference in Glasgow – “Listen to the Pacific”. “We want those big nations to really see and to really hear,” the Tongan-based prelate said in an interview with The Tablet. “Not to pretend. Not to turn away. We want them Read more