“Vocations must also come from South Africa”: Missionaries of Africa Celebrate 50 Years of Service

by Sheila Pires | Oct 20, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

On World Mission Sunday, the Missionaries of Africa (M.Afr), commonly known as the White Fathers, celebrated 50 years of service in South Africa with a solemn and joyful Golden Jubilee Mass at the Cathedral of Christ the King, the mother church of the Archdiocese of...

The church belongs to all of us”: Bishop Zungu OFM on the role of the laity in a synodal church

by Sheila Pires | Oct 18, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured, Laity

Members of the Department for Formation, Life and Apostolate of the Laity of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) gathered at Lumko Institute Retreat Conference Centre in Benoni for the biannual meeting. The 17 to 19 October meeting held under the...

“Rise up in mission”: Talitha Kum International Coordinator Urges Consecrated Life to Confront Human Trafficking

by Sheila Pires | Oct 13, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured, Migrants and Refugees Office

Over 30 religious sisters from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, and South Africa have gathered at the Padre Pio Retreat and Conference Centre for a regional formation training on human trafficking, organized by Talitha Kum International. The five-day workshop, from...

Bishop Phalana: Synodality Calls for “Transformation in the Church structures, in the way of doing things”

by Sheila Pires | Oct 13, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

The 14th Plenary Assembly and Golden Jubilee of the Interregional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) offered bishops from across the region an opportunity to reflect on the Church’s mission of communion, service, and renewal. Among them was Bishop Victor...

Mons. Giacomo Antonicelli: Serving Five Nations in the Spirit of Communion and Mission

by Sheila Pires | Oct 12, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

In an exclusive interview with the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) Communication Office, the newly appointed Secretary of the Apostolic Nunciature in South Africa shared his personal journey, calling to the priesthood, and vision for service to...

“Stand with the Weak and Vulnerable”: Cardinal Brislin on Faith, Solidarity, and the Holy Land

by Sheila Pires | Oct 12, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

On the Feast of Our Lady, Queen of Palestine, Patroness of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, a solemn Investiture Ceremony of new members of the Order was celebrated at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Johannesburg, South Africa. Presiding over...