Whilst Prime Minister Morrison has declared that Australia is not seeking to establish nuclear weapons or establish a civil nuclear capability as a result of the recently announced nuclear submarine deal, CRA believes this declaration can only be guaranteed by the government ratifying the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. CRA has written to the PM making this appeal.

In an online webinar organised by Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) in collaboration with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Australia, over 50 Religious and colleagues came together on the 13 September 2021 to understand more deeply why Australia must ratify the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and what we can do to achieve this.

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) has urged the Government to make a greater commitment to assist those Afghans whose lives are now at risk as a result of the recent Taliban take-over of the country.

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).