In late February Mary-Clare Holland OP (Council Member) , Anne Walker (National Executive Director) and myself met with representatives of the five other conferences of Oceania at the SVD Retreat Centre in Madang, Papua New Guinea, writes CRA President, Fr Peter Jones OSA.

The gathering, hosted by the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (DICLSAL), engaged Religious and other consecrated men and women in four days of reflection on what it means to be ‘pilgrims of hope’ on the road to peace, in preparation for the Jubilee Year 2025.

CRA draws attention to the recent Message of Pope Francis for the celebration of the World Day of Peace (1 January 2024), entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Peace”.

The Mercy Foundation is now accepting applications for its Social Justice Small Grants Program.  

As people and organisations throughout the world respond to Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato si', the Josephite community in Australia takes up his call to care for all creation and those who inhabit it, especially the poor, reports Vatican News.