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PASTORAL LETTER FOR 2024 NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS

by Sheila Pires | Feb 9, 2024 | Bishop Statements

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SACBC President Welcomes Bishops to Plenary Assembly on Synodality

by Sheila Pires | Jan 25, 2024 | Bishop Statements, synodality

In his opening address, the SACBC President extended condolences to fellow confrères who lost loved ones over the past year. He then proceeded to welcome and congratulate Stephen Cardinal Brislin who was created and proclaimed Cardinal by Pope Francis in the...

Catholic Bishops Reprimand SA Chief Rabbi’s Social Media Attack on the Pope and Catholic Church

by Sheila Pires | Dec 23, 2023 | Bishop Statements

In an open letter addressed to the Chief Rabbi of The Union of Orthodox Synagogues of South Africa, members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) reprimand Rabbi Goldstein for accusing Pope Francis of “colluding with the forces of evil who seek...

SACBC Response to Fiducia Supplicans: Marriage Remains exclusive between a man and a woman

by Sheila Pires | Dec 21, 2023 | Bishop Statements

“Marriage remains exclusive between a man and a woman,” said the Catholic Bishops of Southern Africa in their response to the December 18 Fiducia Supplicans, a document concerning the blessing of people in irregular situations issued by the Vatican Dicastery of...
Bishop Sipuka: Christmas, “A much-needed season of hope for peace”

Bishop Sipuka: Christmas, “A much-needed season of hope for peace”

by Sheila Pires | Dec 21, 2023 | Bishop Statements

In his Christmas message, the President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) says that the birth of Jesus Christ is “a much-needed season of hope for peace,” in a world marred by war and by “a lack of peace with varying degrees.” “As we enter...

Southern African Bishops Call on Parishes to Pray for Peace on Feast of Christ the King

by Sheila Pires | Nov 13, 2023 | Bishop Statements

The Catholic Bishops of Southern Africa have called on the people of God to pray for peace in the Holy Land and other war-torn areas. In a Monday, November 13 statement signed by Bishop Sithembele Sipuka the President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops...
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