Apostolic Nuncio to Southern Africa Presents Book on Sarajevo’s First Archbishop

by Sheila Pires | Nov 17, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

The Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, and Eswatini presented his book “The Story of Josip Stadler, the First Archbishop of Sarajevo” during a special gathering at St. Jerome’s Croatian Catholic Mission in Johannesburg. The presentation...

South Africa Extends Official Invitation to Pope Leo: A Visit “for Everyone,” says Cardinal Brislin

by Sheila Pires | Nov 11, 2025 | Featured

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), with the endorsement of President Cyril Ramaphosa, has extended an official invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit South Africa. The invitation, which emerged from discussions during the SACBC’s August plenary...

“We are not against African culture,” says Archbishop Jwara

by Sheila Pires | Nov 9, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

The recent pastoral statement issued by the Bishops of the Durban Metropolitan Province has generated significant discussion within the Church in Southern Africa. The decree, which calls on priests and religious to refrain from practising Ubungoma (traditional...

Bishop Sipuka raises concern over the “spiritual displacement of children”

by Sheila Pires | Nov 8, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

The President of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) has raised concern about what he calls “the spiritual displacement of our children” through the growing trend of schools holding classes every day of the week, including Sundays. In his address at the SACC...

Bishop Thulani Mbuyisa: Holiness Begins with Emptying Ourselves for God

by Sheila Pires | Nov 6, 2025 | Uncategorized, Bishops' Homilies, Featured

As the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) Board Meeting comes to an end, Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa, in his homily during morning Mass, reflected on holiness. He began by recalling the Gospel story of the rich man who asked Jesus, “Master,...