by Sheila Pires | Feb 10, 2025 | Featured
The Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pretoria has described South African fallen soldiers as “martyrs who had given their own life in ensuring peace on the continent.” In an interview with the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC)...
by Sheila Pires | Feb 10, 2025 | Dennis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI)
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by Sheila Pires | Feb 10, 2025 | Bishops' Homilies, Featured
“On such a solemn occasion as the installation of Cardinal Stephen Brislin as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg, we remind ourselves of the duties and responsibilities of religious and lay leaders in the church and society,” said Archbishop Emeritus...
by Sheila Pires | Feb 5, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured, Justice and Peace
The Justice and Peace Commission coordinator of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) affirms church closeness to “listeriosis victims.” In a conversation with the SACBC Communication Office, member of the Dominican Order of Preachers (OP) Fr Stan...
by Sheila Pires | Feb 3, 2025 | Uncategorized, Bishops' Homilies, Featured
The Jubilee Year “should be a time of renewal, a time of liberation and a time to turn once again to God’s mercy,” said the Local Ordinary of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Johannesburg. In his Saturday, February 01 homily during the inauguration of the Jubilee...
by Sheila Pires | Feb 1, 2025 | Featured, Bishop Statements, synodality, Uncategorized
The Apostolic Nuncio to Southern Africa in his address to members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC), highlighted the importance of synodality as a spiritual renewal and a call to unity, participation, and mission in the Church. “Our gathering...
by Sheila Pires | Feb 1, 2025 | Featured, Bishop Statements
In his final Presidential address Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka outlines critical pastoral, administrative, and socio-political issues affecting the Catholic Church within the Conference’s jurisdiction. Bishop Sipuka also offers reflections on future challenges and...
by Sheila Pires | Jan 29, 2025 | Uncategorized, Featured
SACBC Press Conference28 January 2025, Khanya House, PretoriaBy Father Mathibela Sebothoma Archbishop Stephen Cardinal Brislin, the newly elected president and spokesperson of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), announced at a press...
by Sheila Pires | Jan 28, 2025 | Featured
Members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) met at Khanya House, Pretoria for the 2025 January plenary session. Themed “Synodality and the Jubilee Year,” the session focused on the Church’s mission, challenges, and future vision as it enters a...
by Sheila Pires | Jan 27, 2025 | Featured
The joyous celebration of the installation of the new Archbishop of Johannesburg culminated on Sunday, 26 January 2025, at the Cathedral of Christ the King. The momentous occasion was marked by the symbolic act of “taking possession” of the Cathedral. The Symbolism of...
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