Cardinal Brislin Lauds Abbot Pfanner’s “legacy of non-racialism,” and urges perseverance in the beatification cause

by Sheila Pires | Dec 9, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

The President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has lauded the enduring vision and prophetic witness of Abbot Francis Pfanner, calling his “legacy of non-racialism…a way to promote respectful intercultural living” and urged the Mariannhill...

Archbishop Tlhagale at 200th Anniversary: “The flaming torch of Abbot Pfanner brought us the amazing light of Christ”

by Sheila Pires | Dec 8, 2025 | Uncategorized, Bishops' Homilies, Featured

On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the Church in South Africa gathered at Mariannhill Monastery to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abbot Francis Pfanner, founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood and the Missionaries of...

SACBC Pays Tribute to Bishop Edward Risi OMI

by Sheila Pires | Dec 5, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has announced with great sadness the death of Bishop Edward Gabriel Risi, OMI, Bishop of Keimoes-Upington, who passed away on 4 December 2025 after several months of illness. He had been in and out of the...

A Shepherd to the End: Bishop Edward Risi’s Final Reflections on Synodality, Youth, and the Future of the Church

by Sheila Pires | Dec 4, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

The Church in Southern Africa is mourning the passing of Bishop Edward Gabriel Risi, Bishop of Keimoes–Upington, who died on the morning of Thursday, 4 December 2025, at the age of 76. His death came after several months of ill-health, during which he was repeatedly...

Bishop Edward Risi: South African Shepherd and Liturgical Leader Dies at 76

by Sheila Pires | Dec 4, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

The Church in Southern Africa is mourning the death of Bishop Edward Gabriel Risi, Bishop of Keimoes-Upington, who passed away on Thursday morning, 4 December 2025, at the age of 76. His death followed several months of ill-health; he had been in and out of hospital...

SACBC Justice and Peace Commission Calls for Family-Centred Approach to End Gender-Based Violence

by Sheila Pires | Dec 3, 2025 | Uncategorized, 16 DAYS, Featured

As the Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence unfold across the globe, the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) Justice and Peace Commission has issued an urgent call for a renewed, family-centred strategy to confront violence against...