African Synod Delegates Gather in Nairobi in Preparation for Synod 2024

by Sheila Pires | Apr 24, 2024 | synodality, Uncategorized

Synod delegates from the eight regional conferences of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) are in Nairobi, Kenya for a workshop in preparation for the second session of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops scheduled to...

Bishop Kizito: Eastern Cape youth call for a more “welcoming and inclusive” Church

by Sheila Pires | Apr 22, 2024 | Uncategorized

The Catholic youth in the Eastern Cape have called for a more “welcoming and inclusive” church says the Local Ordinary of Aliwal Diocese following the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) Pastoral Conference of the Xhosa Region biannual plenary...

Pope appoints Polish Msgr. Henryk Jagodziński as nuncio to South Africa and Lesotho

by Sheila Pires | Apr 16, 2024 | Uncategorized

Pope Francis has appointed Msgr. Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński, a native of Poland who has been serving as Apostolic Nuncio in Ghana and Titular Archbishop of Limosano, as his representative in South Africa and Lesotho. The Pretoria-based Apostolic Nunciature has been...

Pope Francis Congratulates Archbishop Tlhagale for his 25th Anniversary of Episcopal Service

by Sheila Pires | Apr 10, 2024 | Uncategorized

April 10 marks the 25th anniversary of the episcopal Ordination of Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale OMI. On Chrism Mass, March 28, the Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Apostolic Nunciature in South Africa Mgr. Dario Paviša surprised Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale...

Bishop Sipuka at Requiem Mass: Fr. Menatsi was a “Man of excellence and hard work”

by Sheila Pires | Apr 3, 2024 | Uncategorized

Fr Richard Menatsi was a “man of excellence and hard work” who throughout his service to the Catholic Church in Southern Africa “disproved the racist prejudice that anything a black person touches collapses,” said the President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops...

Mgr Paviša at Chrism Mass: “Priests are spiritual fathers”

by Sheila Pires | Mar 29, 2024 | Uncategorized

During Chrism Mass in the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Johannesburg, the Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Apostolic Nunciature in South Africa reminds priests that they are called by God to do his work and to spend more time in prayer. “We are here to remind...