Catholic Charity’s Trauma Counseling Program to Handle Rising Mental Cases in Nigeria

by Phuti Makgabo | Aug 25, 2022 | Featured

The Catholic peace and charity foundation, Denis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), has embarked on training of community volunteers in Nigeria’s Anambra State to equip them with psychosocial skills to provide care to mentally challenged people in the West...

Appointment of Women to Vatican Dicastery an “important development”: South African Nun

by Phuti Makgabo | Jul 21, 2022 | Featured

The Associate Secretary General of SACBC sees the appointment of the three women into the Dicastery for Bishops as “an important development in the history of the Catholic Church, as women are the backbone of the very male dominated Church.” Full report...

South Africa bishop calls for more compassion towards migrants

by Phuti Makgabo | Jun 8, 2022 | Featured, Migrants and Refugees Office

“Since independence, our political leaders have done little to alleviate poverty in their countries. There is corruption and state capture in a number of African countries. A lot of money has been used by the government people without accountability.” said...

Presentation of the Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees for the South African dioceses

by Phuti Makgabo | May 10, 2022 | Featured, Migrants and Refugees Office

“We are all conscious of the challenges that are faced every day and the need to work together on the socio-pastoral issues in our Church. Our approach, therefore, must be an integrated one that respects both the needs of the displaced persons and those of the...

Bishop Phalana: The 27 of April must also be a day of prayer

by Phuti Makgabo | May 4, 2022 | Featured

Bishop Victor Phalana who was responding to critics on social media claiming that South Africa is “a failed State” recounted the positive steps the citizens of the Southern African nation have made since the official end of apartheid. “In a debate on social...

“We can’t go back to building houses on sand”: Bishop in South Africa after Deadly Floods

by Phuti Makgabo | Apr 22, 2022 | Featured, News

A Catholic Bishop in South Africa has challenged citizens of the African nation to respond to the aftermath of the deadly floods in parts of KwaZulu Natal Province “in a new way” and that they should not “go back to building houses on sand”. The Coadjutor Bishop of...