Food parcels donation by Caritas Durban to flood victims

by Phuti Makgabo | May 16, 2022 | Caritas, Caritas South Africa, News, Pope, Social Action

On Saturday, 14 May 2022, Caritas Durban led by its President Archbishop Mandla Jwara accompanied His Excellence, Archbishop Peter Wells, the Nuncio to Southern Africa together with his First Secretary, Monsignor Dario Paviša, to visit 3 of the areas that were...

Pope Francis: “Here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.”

by Phuti Makgabo | May 13, 2022 | Migrants and Refugees Office, News, Pope

In his message of the 9th May titled “Building the Future with Migrants and Refugees” for the 108 World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2022, the Holy Father sends a reminder that the ultimate meaning of our “journey” in this world is the search for our true homeland,...

Viljoen to Cardinal Dolan: since 2019 more than 36000 people have been killed

by Phuti Makgabo | May 12, 2022 | Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), News

“This to me is do unto others what you want them do to you,” said Cardinal Timothy Dolan after interviewing Johan Viljoen, the Director of DHPI, on the work done by the Denis Hurley Peace Institute regarding the unrest and persecutions in Nigeria. The interview took...

Archbishop Buti Tlhagale: Causes of forced migration, challenges posed by forced migration, the way out, and the pastoral vision

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

Archbishop Buti Tlhagale on behalf of the The SACBC Migrants and Refugees Office made a presentation to the Multi-Religious Council of Leaders on the 09 May 2022. The online meeting was attended by various leaders of various religious from different parts of the...

“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...

South Africa’s floods: Neighbours have been helping neighbours

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

It has stopped raining in South Africa’s KwaZulu Natal. People in the province are beginning to process what happened to them after a week of relentless rains that destroyed more than 4 000 homes leaving thousands of families homeless. The death toll stands at 448....