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SACBC Justice and Peace Commission Calls for Family-Centred Approach to End Gender-Based Violence

SACBC Justice and Peace Commission Calls for Family-Centred Approach to End Gender-Based Violence

by Sheila Pires | Dec 3, 2025 | Uncategorized, 16 DAYS, Featured

As the Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence unfold across the globe, the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) Justice and Peace Commission has issued an urgent call for a renewed, family-centred strategy to confront violence against...
STATEMENT OF THE SACBC ON THE SIXTEEN DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

STATEMENT OF THE SACBC ON THE SIXTEEN DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

by Sheila Pires | Dec 3, 2025 | Uncategorized, 16 DAYS, Bishop Statements, Justice and Peace

A Call to a Family-Centred Response to the Violence Against Women and Children “Into whatever house you enter, first say: Peace to this household.” (Luke 10:5) We offer this message with pastoral concern, inviting every parish within the SACBC to dedicate one Sunday...

Fr O’Connor Lauds Justice and Peace Commission Support Program for Victims of Violence

by Sheila Pires | Dec 18, 2023 | 16 DAYS, Justice and Peace

The Secretary General of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) has lauded the Justice and Peace Commission (JP) for assisting women and girls victims of violence in South Africa. In a conversation with the SACBC Communication Office, Fr Hugh...

16 days of Activism: How can we help to end violence in Catholic families?

by Phuti Makgabo | Nov 28, 2021 | 16 DAYS

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