In an online prayer service organised by Catholic Religious Australia (CRA), 90 Religious and friends, family and colleagues came together on the 24 August 2021 to pray for peace, justice and interethnic, interfaith reconciliation in Burma/Myanmar. The event was timed to closely follow the U.N. International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (held on 22 August).

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) has written to the Government highlighting where its refugee and asylum seeker policies do not uphold Australia’s international human rights obligations, contrary to the Government’s insistence otherwise. The United Nations Human Rights Council has reached the same conclusions in its recent Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) urges the Federal Government to reconsider its proposed environmental law reforms following an inquiry into a bill that seeks to amend the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) has urged the government to make changes to its ‘Immigration’ and ‘Humanitarian and Refugee’ Programs in a recent submission, to demonstrate a greater commitment to and support of family reunions, for the wellbeing of Australian society and to prioritise people over the economy.

CRA is launching a series of online ‘conversations’ as a springboard for dialogue to explore ‘The Light from the Southern Cross’ report and to provide formation opportunities.