Catholic Religious Australia has written to the Prime Minister and to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs urging the Government to show mercy towards asylum-seekers and refugees who are suffering needlessly by calling for their immediate release.

The presidents of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Catholic Religious Australia say their annual report to the National Office for Child Safety outlines comprehensive and sustained work across Church settings.

The Catholic Church has established a new company to oversee all safeguarding, child protection and professional standards in Australia, creating a more focused and streamlined model.

CRA supports the spirit and direction of The Light from the Southern Cross Report (the Report) and its vision for the Church. The ecclesiology, scriptural and theological basis for the Report is strong and relevant for a healthy Church in the third millennium.

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) strongly opposes the Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2020 which the Senate intends to pass next week. CRA believes that there is no need for this Bill, as the Government already has the powers to deal with the issues that the Bill seeks to address.