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Witnesses of Hope: Catholic Sisters Standing Against Human Trafficking in Southern Africa

Witnesses of Hope: Catholic Sisters Standing Against Human Trafficking in Southern Africa

by Sheila Pires | Feb 7, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured

In a quiet but determined journey that began almost two decades ago, Catholic Sisters in Southern Africa have steadily built a powerful network of faith, resistance, and hope in the fight against human trafficking. What started in 2007 as a simple workshop in Cape...
Superior General of the Missionaries of Mariannhill highlights consecrated life as a sign of hope and reconciliation

Superior General of the Missionaries of Mariannhill highlights consecrated life as a sign of hope and reconciliation

by Sheila Pires | Feb 7, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured

The Superior General of the Congregation of the Missionaries of Mariannhill (CMM), Fr Michael Maβ, has called on consecrated men and women to be “signs of God’s hope, pilgrims of hope, and signs of reconciliation in today’s world,” highlighting the prophetic witness...
A life of quiet service: Sr Dominica Mkhize FSF bids farewell to the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference

A life of quiet service: Sr Dominica Mkhize FSF bids farewell to the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference

by Sheila Pires | Feb 5, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has paid tribute to Sr Dominica Mkhize FSF as she concludes her three-year service as Associate Secretary General at Khanya House in Pretoria. Speaking during a farewell gathering, Cardinal Stephen Brislin,...
Understanding Synodality, Canon Law, and the Life of the Church: Bishop Mbuyisa CMM Clarifies Key Questions

Understanding Synodality, Canon Law, and the Life of the Church: Bishop Mbuyisa CMM Clarifies Key Questions

by Sheila Pires | Feb 4, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured, synodality

Amid ongoing discussions and questions within the Church about Synodality misconceptions, South African Canon Lawer offered important clarification on synodality, canon law, and the proper exercise of dialogue and authority in the Catholic Church. In an interview held...
Conclusion of the January 2026 Plenary Session

Conclusion of the January 2026 Plenary Session

by Sheila Pires | Jan 27, 2026 | Uncategorized, Bishop Statements, Featured

    PRESS STATEMENT                                                                  27 January 2026 Conclusion of the January 2026 Plenary Session   The bishops of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) concluded their January Plenary Session...
Conclusion of the January 2026 Plenary Session

Southern African Church celebrates 75 years of hierarchical maturity with call to renewed faith, unity, and mission

by Sheila Pires | Jan 27, 2026 | Uncategorized, Bishops' Homilies, Featured

The Catholic Church in Southern Africa marked a historic milestone on Sunday with the opening Mass of the Jubilee Year celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy, held at the Church of the Beatitudes in Zwavelpoort, Pretoria...
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