Cardinal Brislin Condemns Xenophobia: “We Cannot Be Silent When the Vulnerable Are Denied Dignity”

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

The Archbishop of Johannesburg and President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has issued a strong condemnation of recent xenophobic incidents targeting foreign nationals in South Africa. Cardinal Stephen Brislin’s message comes amid...

Occupation, Not the Palestinian Authority, Harms Christians in Palestine

by Sheila Pires | Oct 1, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

In a statement shared with the SACBC Communications Office, an ecumenical group advocating for justice in Palestine addressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent speech at the UN General Assembly. In the September 27 statement, signed by His Beatitude...

Cardinal Czerny: “The Church walks with, not ahead of, those who suffer”

by Sheila Pires | Sep 28, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

During his first-ever visit to the Kingdom of Eswatini, Cardinal Michael Czerny SJ, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, offered a reflection on what it means for the Church to “accompany” rather than “direct” the people of God —...

Largest IMBISA Assembly in History Opens in Eswatini with Focus on Synodality

by Sheila Pires | Sep 25, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

The 14th Plenary Assembly of the Interregional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) is taking place in Manzini, Eswatini, from 24–28 September, coinciding with IMBISA’s Golden Jubilee. Held under the theme “A Synodal Journey, nourished by compassion and...

“Custodians of Hope”: Cardinal Brislin opens IMBISA golden jubilee with call to trust, renewal, and unity

by Sheila Pires | Sep 25, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

The Interregional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) opened its Golden Jubilee Plenary Session with a solemn Mass celebrated in Manzini Diocese, Eswatini, bringing together over 120 delegates from the six episcopal conferences that form IMBISA. In his...

“The Cathedral is a Place of Unity,” said Archbishop Jagodzinski

by Sheila Pires | Sep 23, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

With joy and thanksgiving, the Archdiocese of Johannesburg celebrated the 65th anniversary of the consecration of the Cathedral of Christ the King on Saturday, 20 September 2025. The solemn Mass was presided over by the Apostolic Nuncio to Southern Africa....