Africa’s Synodal Journey to 2028 Begins with Call to Build Listening Church Across the Continent

by Sheila Pires | Aug 6, 2026 | Featured, synodality

More than 50 delegates representing seven regional episcopal conferences of Africa, Madagascar and the Islands concluded the first preparatory seminar for the 2028 Ecclesial Assembly with a renewed commitment to foster a more synodal and missionary Church across the...

Africa begins continental synodal journey towards 2028 Ecclesial Assembly

by Sheila Pires | Aug 4, 2026 | Featured, synodality

The Church in Africa has formally begun its continental preparations for the 2028 Ecclesial Assembly, with the President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu OFM Cap, calling on the continent’s...

Bishop Masemola urges priests and seminarians to embrace humble service after the example of St John Vianney

by Sheila Pires | Aug 4, 2026 | Featured, Bishops' Homilies

On the eve of the Feast of St John Mary Vianney, Patron Saint of Parish Priests, the recently ordained Bishop of Kroonstad called on priests and seminarians to embrace the priesthood as a vocation of selfless service, humility and total dependence on God’s...

Farewell to DHPI programme manager celebrates a legacy of peace and service

by Sheila Pires | Jul 31, 2026 | Featured, Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI)

The farewell of Reabetswe Tloubatla at Khanya House in Pretoria became more than a moment of goodbye. It was a celebration of dedicated service, the enduring legacy of the late Johan Viljoen, and the mission of the Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), which continues...

Fr Motankane Mahlako concludes youth ministry with a call to remain rooted in faith and unity

by Sheila Pires | Jul 31, 2026 | Featured, Youth Department

After two and a half years of accompanying young Catholics across Southern Africa, Fr Motankane Mahlako is returning to parish ministry, bringing to a close his service as the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) Interdiocesan Youth Chaplain and...