Nostra Aetate marked a watershed moment in the teaching of the Church, speaking positively about other religions for the first time by affirming “the good things, spiritual and moral, as well as the socio-cultural values” to be found among them (NA 2), asserting the unique spiritual relationship between Christianity and Judaism, and repudiating centuries-old prejudices held particularly against Jews, as well as other religious communities.

Australian religious were amongst thousands of consecrated men and women from around the world on pilgrimage to Rome to celebrate the Jubilee of Consecrated Life (8 – 12 October 2025).

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) has released a prayer resource as Religious communities across Australia unite in prayer for the National Day of Sorrow and Promise on Sunday, 19 October 2025, for victims and survivors of sexual abuse.

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA), the representative body for the Leaders of religious congregations in Australia, celebrates the appointment of Br Peter Carroll FMS as the fifteenth Superior General of the Institute of the Marist Brothers, after a discernment process at the Institute’s XXIII General Chapter

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).