St Anne’s Sodality Leaders Encouraged to Serve with Humility and Commitment

by Sheila Pires | Apr 29, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured, Laity

Members of the leadership of St Anne’s Sodality from across Southern Africa gathered in Johannesburg Archdiocese for a three-day inter-diocesan council meeting focused on formation, leadership, and service within the Church. The gathering brought together newly...

Church and state in focus at the 2026 Bishop Mandlenkhosi Zwane Memorial Lecture

by Sheila Pires | Apr 28, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured

By Kati Dijane The faithful gathered at the Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral on Saturday, 25 April 2026, for the annual Bishop Mandlenkhosi Zwane Memorial Lecture, an event that continues to honour the life, legacy and enduring vision of the first local bishop of...

Bishop Zungu OFM: Formation of the Laity and Strong Families Are Essential for the Church’s Mission

by Sheila Pires | Apr 27, 2026 | Featured, Laity, Marriage and Family

The Church must continue to invest in the formation of the laity and support families as the backbone of both society and ecclesial life, according to the Chairperson of the Department for the Laity of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference. Speaking...

Cardinal Brislin Calls for Unity, Gratitude, and Solidarity on Freedom Day

by Sheila Pires | Apr 26, 2026 | Featured

As South Africans commemorate Freedom Day, marking the birth of democracy and the end of apartheid, the President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) calls on citizens to give thanks for the country’s hard-won freedom and to work together to...

Pope Leo XIV Appoints Father Motlatsi Meshack Phomane as Bishop of Bethlehem Diocese

by Sheila Pires | Apr 14, 2026 | Featured

The Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, has appointed Reverend Father Motlatsi Meshack Phomane, a priest of Mthatha Diocese, as the new Bishop of Bethlehem Diocese. He succeeds Bishop Jan de Groef M.Afr, who has shepherded the diocese since December 2008. At 50 years of age,...