Young adults gather for historic first SACBC conference in a journey of faith, fraternity and synodality

by Sheila Pires | Oct 6, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured, Youth Department

By Kati Dijane  The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) Youth and Young Adults’ Ministry made history this month by hosting its first-ever Young Adults’ Conference, bringing together 61 young adults from across the 29 dioceses in South Africa,...

“Africa’s Rich in Spirit and Resources”: Bishop Kasonde Reflects on Synodality and Unity at IMBISA’s Golden Jubilee

by Sheila Pires | Oct 6, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

The 50th anniversary of the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA), held in Matsapha, Eswatini, brought together Catholic leaders from across the region to celebrate five decades of faith, dialogue, and pastoral collaboration. Among the...

Bishop Mbuyisa Welcomes Report on Tembisa Hospital Corruption

by Sheila Pires | Oct 6, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured, Justice and Peace

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) Justice and Peace Commission has welcomed the recent report by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) exposing the looting of more than R2 billion from Tembisa Hospital. In the statement signed by the Chairperson...

Cardinal Brislin Condemns Xenophobia: “We Cannot Be Silent When the Vulnerable Are Denied Dignity”

by Sheila Pires | Oct 4, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

The Archbishop of Johannesburg and President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has issued a strong condemnation of recent xenophobic incidents targeting foreign nationals in South Africa. Cardinal Stephen Brislin’s message comes amid...

Occupation, Not the Palestinian Authority, Harms Christians in Palestine

by Sheila Pires | Oct 1, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

In a statement shared with the SACBC Communications Office, an ecumenical group advocating for justice in Palestine addressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent speech at the UN General Assembly. In the September 27 statement, signed by His Beatitude...

Cardinal Czerny: “The Church walks with, not ahead of, those who suffer”

by Sheila Pires | Sep 28, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

During his first-ever visit to the Kingdom of Eswatini, Cardinal Michael Czerny SJ, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, offered a reflection on what it means for the Church to “accompany” rather than “direct” the people of God —...