Bishops’ Foundation Letters 

The Bishops Foundation Newsletter October (2)

The Bishops Foundation Newsletter October (2)

October 2026 (2) Pope Leo Pope Leo told pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square following his customary Sunday prayer there that doctors had found the lung nodule. It is at a very early stage and is well-localized. "The doctors believe that it is best to intervene,...

The Bishops Foundation Newsletter October (2)

The Bishops Foundation Newsletter October 2026 (1)

Pope Leo – Prayers for Peace Pope Leo XIV has asked the faithful to pray the Rosary for peace in October, “May the month of October … be an opportunity to recite the Holy Rosary, dedicating it in a special way to the end of wars and the achievement of peace,”...

The Bishops Foundation Newsletter October (2)

The Bishops Foundation Newsletter September 2026 (2)

The Bishops' Foundation Newsletter September 2026 (2)In this month of September Pope Leo has invited us to pray for a a just and sustainable management of water, a vital resource, so that everyone may have equal access to it. Water is essential for life and for the...

The Bishops Foundation Newsletter October (2)

Bishops Newsletter September (1)

Season of Creation.The Season of Creation is an annual ecumenical period of prayer, reflection, and action to care for the natural world and protect the environment. It takes place every year from September 1 to October 4. The tradition began in 1989 when Ecumenical...

The Bishops Foundation Newsletter October (2)

Bishops’ Foundation Letter August (1)

Feast of the Assumption On the 15th of August we celebrated the Feast of the Assumption. Mary under the title Assumed into Heaven is the Patroness of South Africa. The Assumption was defined as an infallible dogma by Pope Pius XII in 1950—using a combination of Sacred...

The Bishops Foundation Newsletter October (2)

The Bishops’ Foundation Newsletter July – 1

Dear Friends Archbishop Sipuka receives the pallium On the Feast of Ss Peter and Paul (29 June) all the new Archbishops from around the world gathered in Rome to receive their palliums from Pope Leo XIV among them was Archbishop Sithembele Sipuka, Archbishop of Cape...

The Bishops Foundation Newsletter October (2)

The Bishops’ Foundation Newsletter June 2026

On Sunday June the 7th, Pope Leo XIV presided over a historic, open-air Eucharistic celebration and Corpus Christi procession in Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid. The Mass was a cornerstone event of the pontiff's week-long apostolic journey to Spain. Over a million pilgrims...

The Bishops Foundation Newsletter October (2)

The Bishops’ Foundation Newsletter May 2026

Dear Friends Sometimes we feel like the little fellow in the picture. When I was writing the work “fellow” I thought what about the ladies but then remembered that because of a genetic mutation 80% of ginger cats are male and so if I was a betting man there is a...

The Bishops Foundation Newsletter October (2)

The Bishops’ Foundations Newsletter

Dear Friends Another Holy Week is upon us, and we journey with Jesus with our own anxieties and worries alongside others with theirs. In a world torn apart by violence and destruction, filled with so many words and empty promises we remember the words and actions of...

Protocol for Church personal in regard to sexual misconduct between adults

SACBC Safeguarding

Protocol for the investigation of complaints against clerics and religious in regard to sexual abuse of minors