Religious and their colleagues have gathered to explore the dynamics of harm and need for safety within communities of Catholic Religious women in a two-day workshop, a joint project of the University of Newcastle and the University of Regensburg (Germany), Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) and the Sisters of the Good Samaritan.

Two Catholic bodies are urging Australians to express their solidarity for the people of Lebanon.

“You are not forgotten”, said the Australian Catholic Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service and Catholic Religious Australia in a joint statement.

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) has called for a nationally coordinated reform of the youth justice system in a recent submission to a Senate Inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system.

For the seventh year running, Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) will hold an hour of remembrance, as Religious communities across Australia unite in prayer this Sunday, 20 October, for victims and survivors of sexual abuse.

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) was invited to give evidence last Friday at a public hearing for the Senate Inquiry into the government’s waste reduction and recycling policies. CRA emphasised the unjust human and environmental impacts of Australia’s waste production and management, and the urgent need to transition to a circular economy.