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NCBE Welcomes 2025 Budget Boost, Warns of Ongoing Shortfalls and Mismanagement

NCBE Welcomes 2025 Budget Boost, Warns of Ongoing Shortfalls and Mismanagement

by Sheila Pires | Jun 10, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

The National Catholic Board of Education (NCBE) has welcomed the increase in the 2025 education budget but cautioned that deeper issues in the education system remain unresolved. In a statement signed by the NCBE Communications Lead, Cullen Mackenzie, the board...
Cardinal Brislin Urges Unity and Integration at Pentecost Mass with Zimbabwean Community

Cardinal Brislin Urges Unity and Integration at Pentecost Mass with Zimbabwean Community

by Sheila Pires | Jun 8, 2025 | Uncategorized, Bishops' Homilies, Featured

On the Solemnity of Pentecost, the Local Ordinary of Johannesburg celebrated Mass with the Zimbabwean Catholic community at the Cathedral of Christ the King, calling for deeper unity, humility, and full participation in the life of the local Church. Addressing members...
Cardinal Ambongo says religious must walk with the people and be agents of liberation

Cardinal Ambongo says religious must walk with the people and be agents of liberation

by Sheila Pires | Jun 5, 2025 | Featured

On the occasion of the Conference of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar (COMSAM) Symposium, held at St Dominic’s School for Girls in Johannesburg from May 23 to 25, the President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), addressed...
Cardinal Brislin’s First Pastoral Visit to Croatian Community in Johannesburg

Cardinal Brislin’s First Pastoral Visit to Croatian Community in Johannesburg

by Sheila Pires | Jun 5, 2025 | Featured, Uncategorized

In his first pastoral visit as the Archbishop of Johannesburg, Cardinal Stephen Brislin celebrated the Solemnity of the Ascension with the Croatian Catholic community at St Jerome Croatian Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg. It was a moment of profound...
SACBC Justice and Peace Commission Raises Concerns Over 2025 Budget’s Impact on Vulnerable Populations

SACBC Justice and Peace Commission Raises Concerns Over 2025 Budget’s Impact on Vulnerable Populations

by Sheila Pires | Jun 5, 2025 | Featured, Justice and Peace

The Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has issued a statement expressing cautious support for certain aspects of South Africa’s 2025 national budget, while highlighting significant concerns regarding its...
“Hope Does Not Disappoint” Sr. Brambilla MC, Reflects on Consecrated Life as Pilgrims of Transformation in Africa

“Hope Does Not Disappoint” Sr. Brambilla MC, Reflects on Consecrated Life as Pilgrims of Transformation in Africa

by Sheila Pires | May 26, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

In an address to members of the Confederation of Conferences of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar (COMSAM), the Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life offered a stirring reflection on consecrated life as...
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