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The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is a comprehensive international legal instrument banning nuclear weapons, grounded in humanitarian principles and with the global support of 94 signatories and 73 state parties. The Australian Government has stated its support for the Treaty but has not yet signed up...

“Australia’s religious women and men today add their voices to a long line of Church teachings and commentaries calling for an end to a nuclear-weaponised world,” said Anne Walker, CRA National Executive Director...

Sisters of Mercy Parramatta Congregation is a member of CRA

• Read the complete Media Release here
• Read Pope Leo's message on the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 

On this 80th anniversary, initiatives in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will honour the victims and call for peace in a divided world.

Pope Leo XIV has added his voice in his message, urging the international community to renew its commitment to pursue lasting peace for our whole human family.

“Nuclear arms offend our shared humanity and betray the dignity of creation, whose harmony we are called to safeguard” Pope Leo XIV said in a message addressed to Bishop Alexis Shirama of Hiroshima, and read by the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Francisco Escalante Molina during the celebration of Mass for Peace in Hiroshima...

“Nuclear arms offend our shared humanity and betray the dignity of creation, whose harmony we are called to safeguard” Pope Leo XIV said in a message addressed to Bishop Alexis Shirama of Hiroshima, and read by the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Francisco Escalante Molina during the celebration of Mass for Peace in Hiroshima....

• Read the Vatican News article here
• Read the Pope's message in full here
• Add your prayer in our prayer space for lasting peace in the world

Pope Leo XIV's prayer intention for August, 2025, invites us to pray “that societies avoid internal conflicts due to ethnic, political, religious or ideological reasons” and encourages us to “seek paths of dialogue” and “respond to conflict with gestures of fraternity.”

Post your prayer in our sacred space here

"We will nurture relations that are kind, just, respectful and inclusive among each other..." (Chapter Statement)

In his Message for the Day, Pope Leo offers a scriptural meditation on old age, beginning with biblical figures such as Abraham and Sarah, Zechariah and Elizabeth, as well as Moses, all of whom were called in old age to be part of God’s saving plan.

“The Jubilee we are now celebrating helps us to realize that hope is a constant source of joy, whatever our age.When that hope has also been tempered by fire over the course of a long life, it proves a source of deep happiness.”

• Read the rest of the article here
• Read Pope Leo’s message here