Ahead of Palm Sunday, the day on which attention is drawn to the difficult situation for many refugees and people seeking asylum, the Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) calls for urgent intervention from the Federal Government to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all people seeking refuge and asylum in Australia.

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA), in an Open Letter to the Prime Minister, has expressed deep concern at the federal government’s amendment to the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity (EPBC) Act, which removes the right for third parties to request a review of project approvals when new information about environmental harm emerges.

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) today released a new resource to assist Catholic schools, communities and agencies to hold better informed discussions about antisemitism.

Catholic Religious Australia was privileged to host almost 100 Church leaders and safeguarding personnel at a two-day conference on safeguarding. The keynote speaker for the conference was Hans Zollner SJ, a leading international expert on safeguarding. Hans shared his experiences and insight into safeguarding in the global Catholic Church. Three other speakers presented at the conference: Steve Kinmond, the NSW Children’s Guardian in NSW; Patty Fawkner SGS, former congregational leader of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan and former Vice President of CRA; and David Leary OFM, a Franciscan friar and provincial delegate for safeguarding, academic and facilitator

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA), the peak representative body for the Leaders of Religious Institutes and Societies of Apostolic Life in Australia, is deeply distressed about the increasing rise and extremity of antisemitic attacks. The discovery of a caravan of explosives in NSW, seemingly intended to target Jewish people, property and places of worship, is especially chilling and sinister, given the potential for large scale loss of life. Any antisemitic attack is despicable; attacks on schools and childcare centres are appalling.