A new National Council has been elected by Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) as close to 150 leaders and leadership team members of Religious Congregations gathered this week in Parramatta Diocese for the 2025 CRA National Assembly (18-20 August).

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) has called on the Federal Government to lead a nationally coordinated reform of the youth justice system, in a recent letter to the Prime Minister and Minister for Indigenous Australians.

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA), in an Open Letter to the Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, has called on the Government to sign and ratify the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, as the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Catholic Religious Australia, in Open Letters to the Prime Minister and Minister for Climate Change and Energy of Australia, has called on the government to adopt a strong national climate pollution reduction plan with an evidence-based target of net zero emissions by 2035.

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA), the representative organisation of Leaders of 150 Religious Institutes in Australia, has launched “10,000 for 10”, a project to encourage members and their local communities to plant and/or protect 10,000 trees, to celebrate the 10th anniversary year of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’.