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SACBC President Plenary Opening Address January 2024

by Sheila Pires | Jan 25, 2024 | SACBC President

 Plenary Opening Address 24 January 2024 Pretoria Bishop S. Sipuka I take this time to welcome you all to this plenary meeting. We begin the plenary aware of those of us who are still healing from the loss...

SACBC President to New Cardinal; “obey God in word and actions and inspire others to do the same”

by Sheila Pires | Oct 3, 2023 | SACBC President

The president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) says the new Cardinal should “obey God in word and actions and inspire others to do the same.” In his homily during the ‘Thanksgiving Mass for the inauguration of Archbishop Stephen Brislin as...

Statement on the passing away of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

by Phuti Makgabo | Dec 31, 2022 | Pope Benedict XVI, SACBC President, Uncategorized

We learnt with sadness from the Apostolic Nuncio in Southern Africa this morning about the passing on of Pope Benedict the XVI. While he was inactive as Pope by the time of his death, his silent and prayerfulsupport for the Church was a source of strength for Pope...

The argument for the opening of churches is not only about the “right to worship”

by Phuti Makgabo | Apr 1, 2021 | News, SACBC President, Social Action

By Bishop Sithembele Sipuka, the President of the SACBC. The Easter season, particularly the Triduum — the three days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday — is the most important period in the Christian calendar. This is because the Easter event is the...
Cardinal Napier – The Apostolic Administrator of Eshowe

Cardinal Napier – The Apostolic Administrator of Eshowe

by Phuti Makgabo | Feb 17, 2021 | Clergy, News, Pope, SACBC President

His Eminence Wilfred Cardinal Napier is now the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Eshowe following the appointment by the Holy Father, Pope Francis, whose decision was communicated to the President of SACBC, Bishop Sithembele Sipuka through the Nunciature on...

The Nuncio and President’s Address at Plenary Meeting: 26-29 January, 2021

by Phuti Makgabo | Jan 27, 2021 | Bishop Statements, News, SACBC President

The SACBC Virtual Plenary Session was supposed to have taken placed from the 19th to 22nd January 2021, but due to the untimely death of Archbishop Abel Gabuza, who was buried on the 22nd January, the Plenary was postponed. Now the Plenary runs from the 26th to 29th...
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  • Archbishop Tlhagale at 200th Anniversary: “The flaming torch of Abbot Pfanner brought us the amazing light of Christ”December 8, 2025
  • SACBC Pays Tribute to Bishop Edward Risi OMIDecember 5, 2025

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