SACBC Bishops Gather in Pretoria for August Plenary Session

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

Members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) have convened at Khanya House, the conference headquarters in the Archdiocese of Pretoria, for their August plenary session. The gathering brings together bishops from across Botswana, Eswatini, and...

Pope Leo XIV Honours Archbishop Emeritus George Francis Daniel on His 50th Episcopal Anniversary

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

The Catholic Church in Southern Africa joined in heartfelt thanksgiving on Sunday, August 3, 2025, as Archbishop Emeritus George Francis Daniel celebrated the 50th anniversary of his episcopal ordination. To honour the golden jubilee, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV issued...

“Let Us Never Tire to Protect Human Dignity”: Bishop Mbuyisa CMM Calls Church to Action Against Human Trafficking

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

In a pastoral appeal marking the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the Chairperson of the Department for Social Action of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), urged pastoral agents and civil society organizations to intensify their...

Bishop Sipuka Urges Church to Take Lead Against Corruption

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

Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka, President of the South African Council of Churches (SACC), addressed fellow church leaders at the National Church Leaders Anti-Corruption Conference in Johannesburg with a call for both moral clarity and practical commitment in the...

Southern African Catholic Bishops Decry Gaza Church Attack, Back South Africa’s Genocide Case Against Israel

by Sheila Pires | Jul 19, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has condemned the July 17, 2025, Israeli military assault on the Holy Family Catholic Church compound in Gaza, which left three civilians dead, including two members of the Christian Palestinian community, and...

Cardinal Brislin Urges Transparency and Inclusive Dialogue Amidst National Turmoil

by Sheila Pires | Jul 14, 2025 | Uncategorized, Communication and Media, Featured

As South Africa grapples with multiple overlapping crises, ranging from allegations of high-level corruption to persistent xenophobia and the fallout of climate disasters, the President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) has urged both...

“From the People, For the People”: Bishop Frank OMI Ordains 13 in Kevelaer with a Call to Synodal Priesthood

by Sheila Pires | Jul 14, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured, synodality

“The priest is a pilgrim, journeying to salvation with the People of God—not above them, but among them.” With these words, the Local Ordinary of Mariannhill Diocese, opened his homily during the Ordination Mass of nine priests and four deacons on Saturday, 12 July...

CATHCA Condemns Xenophobic Clinic Blockades Amid Rising Healthcare Exclusions in South Africa

by Sheila Pires | Jul 11, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured

The Catholic Health Care Association (CATHCA) has condemned the recent surge in xenophobic incidents targeting foreign nationals at public health facilities in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. This comes in the wake of disturbing reports that anti-migrant vigilante groups...

“Allegations…will deepen the layers of negativity around police work” – Catholic Bishops Demand Independent Probe

by Sheila Pires | Jul 10, 2025 | Uncategorized, Bishop Statements, Featured

Allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lt Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi on July 6, 2025, implicating senior political figures and members of the South African Police Service, have prompted the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) to call for...

Catholic Bishops Denounce Xenophobic Healthcare Blockades, calling it “morally reprehensible”

by Sheila Pires | Jul 10, 2025 | Uncategorized, Bishop Statements, Featured

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has issued a statement condemning the recent xenophobic protests blocking foreign nationals from accessing public healthcare facilities in South Africa. In the July 10 statement signed by the SACBC President,...