by Sheila Pires | Nov 27, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured
The President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has highlighted the critical contribution of women religious to the life of the Church and society during a meeting with a delegation from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and Leadership...
by danvdb | Nov 27, 2025 | Bishop Statements, Uncategorized
The season of Advent is upon us, it is a time of expectation, when we prepare our home and our hearts to celebrate the birth of Jesus on Christmas Day. The word Advent is derived from the Latin word adventus, which means “coming”. Advent is a season of hope, a time to...
by Sheila Pires | Nov 24, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured
The Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has welcomed and commended the key resolutions emerging from the recent G20 Leaders’ Summit, recognising their alignment with long-standing calls for global justice,...
by Sheila Pires | Nov 22, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured
World leaders are gathered at Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg for the first G20 Leaders’ Summit on African soil under the theme “Solidarity, Sustainability and Equality.” In his opening address, President Cyril Ramaphosa emphasized the responsibilities of...
by Sheila Pires | Nov 22, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured
The National Catholic Board of Education (NCBE) and the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) Justice and Peace Commission have issued a statement expressing concern over increasing levels of violence and criminal activity in schools across South...
by Sheila Pires | Nov 21, 2025 | Uncategorized, Caritas, Featured
https://turndebtintohope.caritas.org/g20-faith-leaders-around-globe-urge-heads-of-government-to-end-debt-crisis/ The letter, signed by 82 leaders of faith communities across 35 countries, notes that more than 50 governments “are spending more on servicing foreign...
by Sheila Pires | Nov 20, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured
As world leaders prepare to gather in Johannesburg on 21 November 2025 for the Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment Summit, the Catholic Health Care Association of Southern Africa (CATHCA) and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) are issuing urgent calls for investment in...
by Sheila Pires | Nov 20, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured
By Kati Dijane As global leaders are gathering in South Africa for the G20 Summit – the first time the forum has taken place on African soil – a powerful faith-based response by the Catholic Church was taking shape on the sidelines. On Wednesday, 19 November 2025,...
by Sheila Pires | Nov 20, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured
Leaders of faith communities from across the world have issued an appeal to G20 leaders, calling on them to confront the global debt crisis as a moral and humanitarian emergency ahead of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg — the first G20 summit to be held on African soil....
by Sheila Pires | Nov 18, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured
The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) concluded its November Board Meeting in Pretoria, where bishops gathered to prepare for the upcoming January plenary and the landmark celebration of 75 years since the establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in...
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