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World Day of Migrants and Refugees Sunday 24 September 2023.

by Sheila Pires | Sep 26, 2023 | Migrants and Refugees Office

109TH WORLD DAY OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES“Free to choose whether to migrate or to stay” “Let us keep the migrants, refugees, forcibly displaced people, asylum seekers and hostcommunities in our prayers. We also pray and acknowledge all who are making adifference...

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...

SACBC Migrants and Refugees: People of Hope

by Phuti Makgabo | Jun 2, 2022 | Migrants and Refugees Office, Uncategorized

SACBC’s Response to the Plight of Migrants and...

Strengthening South-South Dialogue on Global Migration

by Phuti Makgabo | May 31, 2022 | Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), Migrants and Refugees Office, News

By: Sheila Pires Religious Sisters, Representatives from Catholic Charity Organisations, Professors from different countries in Africa, Europe and Latin America, Social workers and students from the German University of Wurzburg gathered at Padre Pio Conference Centre...

Bishop Kizito on Migrantion: For me one of my aims is to work with the Home Affairs

by Phuti Makgabo | May 25, 2022 | Migrants and Refugees Office, Social Action

At the beginning of the second day of the workshop on Migration on the Diocese of Bethlehem and Cross-Borders, Bishop Joseph Kizito of the SACBC Migrants and Refugees Office thanked the organizers for having invited the brothers and sisters from Lesotho. Speaking in...

Establishing Caritas Kimberley and Migrants and Refugees Office

by Phuti Makgabo | May 16, 2022 | Caritas, Migrants and Refugees Office, Social Action

Sr. Maria with parish representatives of the Diocese of Kimberley “Caritas is reality of the Church in many parts of the world and must still seek a greater expansion in the different parishes and communities to renew what took place in the early days of the Church,”...
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