‘Children have to start again’: Bishop Kizito on the cost of anti-undocumented migrant protests

by Sheila Pires | Oct 7, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured, Migrants and Refugees Office

Children have been among those most affected by South Africa’s recent anti-undocumented migrant protests, with some forced to leave the country and begin their education and lives again elsewhere, says the Liaison Bishop for the Department for Migrants, Refugees, and...

Dioceses across the SACBC region mark the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees

by Sheila Pires | Oct 6, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured, Migrants and Refugees Office

Catholic dioceses across the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) region have marked the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, as South Africa continues to experience tensions surrounding undocumented migrants and refugees. In the Archdiocese of...

Vatican official calls for greater local clergy involvement in migrant ministry

by Sheila Pires | Oct 6, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured, Migrants and Refugees Office

Fr Avelino Chico SJ, Office Head at the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, has called for greater involvement of local clergy in the Catholic Church’s pastoral ministry to migrants and refugees in South Africa. The Angolan Jesuit made the call during...

The Bishops Foundation Newsletter September 2026 (2)

by danvdb | Oct 6, 2026 | Uncategorized, Bishops Foundation Newsletter

The Bishops’ Foundation Newsletter September 2026 (2) In this month of September Pope Leo has invited us to pray for a a just and sustainable management of water, a vital resource, so that everyone may have equal access to it. Water is essential for life and for...

Statement on clerics and political space

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

The Church’s Mission  The Church is a community of disciples of Jesus Christ, founded by him to continue his presence in the world by being its salt and light. In his priestly prayer, recorded in the Gospel of John, Jesus prayed that his disciples would be united...

Southern African Bishops urge Catholics to remain united with Pope Leo XIV after SSPX consecrations

by Sheila Pires | Oct 5, 2026 | Uncategorized, Bishop Statements, Featured

Members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) have called on Catholics to remain in full communion with Pope Leo XIV and the bishops united with him, following the consecration of four bishops by the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX)...