by Sheila Pires | Feb 9, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured, Migrants and Refugees Office
The Catholic Church annually marks the Feast Day of St Josephine Bakhita on 8 February, honouring her as the patron saint patron saint of Sudan and of victims of human trafficking. This year, the commemoration fell on Sunday, 8 February 2026, and was observed across...
by Sheila Pires | Feb 7, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured
In a quiet but determined journey that began almost two decades ago, Catholic Sisters in Southern Africa have steadily built a powerful network of faith, resistance, and hope in the fight against human trafficking. What started in 2007 as a simple workshop in Cape...
by Sheila Pires | Feb 7, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured
The Superior General of the Congregation of the Missionaries of Mariannhill (CMM), Fr Michael Maβ, has called on consecrated men and women to be “signs of God’s hope, pilgrims of hope, and signs of reconciliation in today’s world,” highlighting the prophetic witness...
by Sheila Pires | Feb 5, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured
The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has paid tribute to Sr Dominica Mkhize FSF as she concludes her three-year service as Associate Secretary General at Khanya House in Pretoria. Speaking during a farewell gathering, Cardinal Stephen Brislin,...
by Sheila Pires | Feb 4, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured, synodality
Amid ongoing discussions and questions within the Church about Synodality misconceptions, South African Canon Lawer offered important clarification on synodality, canon law, and the proper exercise of dialogue and authority in the Catholic Church. In an interview held...
by danvdb | Jan 28, 2026 | Bishops Foundation Newsletter
Archbishop Elect of Cape Town Bishop Sithembele Sipuka Born on 27 April 1960, Bishop Sipuka was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Queenstown on 17 December 1988. He was appointed Bishop of Mthatha on February 8, 2008, and ordained bishop on May 3, 2008. Before his...
by Sheila Pires | Jan 27, 2026 | Uncategorized, Bishop Statements, Featured
PRESS STATEMENT 27 January 2026 Conclusion of the January 2026 Plenary Session The bishops of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) concluded their January Plenary Session...
by Sheila Pires | Jan 27, 2026 | Uncategorized, Bishops' Homilies, Featured
The Catholic Church in Southern Africa marked a historic milestone on Sunday with the opening Mass of the Jubilee Year celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy, held at the Church of the Beatitudes in Zwavelpoort, Pretoria...
by Sheila Pires | Jan 27, 2026 | Uncategorized, Bishops' Homilies, Featured
On the Feast of Saints Timothy and Titus, the Local Ordinary of Rustenburg Diocese invited bishops to reflect on their shared vocation and ministry. Presiding at the Eucharist, Bishop Robert Mphiwe drew deeply from the relationship between St Paul and the young...
by Sheila Pires | Jan 24, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured
As the Church in Southern Africa marks the 75th Anniversary of the establishment of the Southern African Hierarchy, the Archbishop Emeritus of Bloemfontein Archdiocese offered a deeply personal and prophetic reflection centred on the ongoing formation of the people of...
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