Catholic Religious Australia Recommits to Dialogue and Collaboration on the Anniversary of Nostra Aetate

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...

Marking the anniversary of Nostra Aetate, Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of October is for collaboration between different religious traditions, and he has prayed that “the concrete examples of peace, justice and fraternity in religions inspire us to believe that it is possible to live and work together, beyond our  differences.”...

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Sisters of Mercy North Sydney Congregation is a member of CRA (Catholic Religious Australia)