SACBC Plenary Addresses Pastoral Priorities, Announces Key Appointments, and Upcoming Jubilee

by Sheila Pires | Aug 11, 2025 | Uncategorized, Bishop Statements, Featured

In their Friday, August 8 statement, the bishops of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) reflected on the Church’s pastoral priorities and social challenges following their August 4–8 Plenary Session at Khanya House, Pretoria. According to the...

“Allegations…will deepen the layers of negativity around police work” – Catholic Bishops Demand Independent Probe

by Sheila Pires | Jul 10, 2025 | Uncategorized, Bishop Statements, Featured

Allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lt Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi on July 6, 2025, implicating senior political figures and members of the South African Police Service, have prompted the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) to call for...

Catholic Bishops Denounce Xenophobic Healthcare Blockades, calling it “morally reprehensible”

by Sheila Pires | Jul 10, 2025 | Uncategorized, Bishop Statements, Featured

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has issued a statement condemning the recent xenophobic protests blocking foreign nationals from accessing public healthcare facilities in South Africa. In the July 10 statement signed by the SACBC President,...

SACBC President Cardinal Brislin Issues Statement on Eastern Cape Floods

by Sheila Pires | Jun 30, 2025 | Uncategorized, Bishop Statements, Featured

Cardinal Stephen Brislin, President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), has issued a statement on behalf of the Catholic Church in Southern Africa following the severe flooding in Mthatha and surrounding areas. Quoting the words of Jesus in...

Apostolic Nuncio at SACBC plenary highlights importance of synodality

by Sheila Pires | Feb 1, 2025 | Featured, Bishop Statements, synodality, Uncategorized

The Apostolic Nuncio to Southern Africa in his address to members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC), highlighted the importance of synodality as a spiritual renewal and a call to unity, participation, and mission in the Church. “Our gathering...

Bishop Sipuka’s Final Presidential Address

by Sheila Pires | Feb 1, 2025 | Featured, Bishop Statements

In his final Presidential address Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka outlines critical pastoral, administrative, and socio-political issues affecting the Catholic Church within the Conference’s jurisdiction. Bishop Sipuka also offers reflections on future challenges and...