SACBC Plenary Continues with Focus on Clergy Formation, Education, and Social Action

by Sheila Pires | Jan 24, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured

The Catholic Bishops of South Africa, Botswana, and Eswatini, who together form the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), continued their annual plenary session on Friday, 23 January 2026, at the SACBC headquarters, Khanya House, in the Archdiocese of...

Bishop Dziuba says authentic Christian leadership is rooted in service shaped by truth and obedience to God’s will

by Sheila Pires | Jan 23, 2026 | Uncategorized, Bishops' Homilies, Featured

The call to truth, humility, and service lay at the heart of the homily delivered by Bishop Stanislau Dziuba OSPPE during the morning Mass on Friday, 23 January 2026, celebrated at the Chapel of St John Vianney Seminary. The Eucharist forms part of the ongoing January...

At morning Mass, Fr Chatteris invites SACBC Bishops to renew hope

by Sheila Pires | Jan 23, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured

The image of a small, fragile fishing boat became an invitation to humility, courage, and renewed trust in God during the morning Mass of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) January 2026 Plenary Session. In his homily, Fr Chris Chatteris SJ...

Bishops gather in Pretoria for SACBC January Plenary on ‘Synodality and Mission’

by Sheila Pires | Jan 22, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured

Bishops and Apostolic Administrators of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) are gathered in Pretoria for their January 2026 Plenary Session, taking place from 20 to 27 January at Khanya House, the Conference’s headquarters. The eight-day...

Apostolic Nuncio highlights synodality and mission at SACBC Plenary in Pretoria

by Sheila Pires | Jan 21, 2026 | Featured

The Apostolic Nuncio to Southern Africa took part in the opening session of the Plenary Assembly of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) underway at Khanya House in Pretoria, the Conference headquarters. In his address to the bishops gathered...

Bishop Rucastle calls Confrères to “divine determination” at SACBC Plenary Mass

by Sheila Pires | Jan 21, 2026 | Uncategorized, Bishops' Homilies, Featured

At the morning Mass of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) January 2026 Plenary Session themed ‘Synodality and Mission’, Bishop Noel Andrew Rucastle of Oudtshoorn invited his brother bishops to embrace a leadership marked by fidelity, courage,...

SACBC President calls Church to renewed evangelisation, truth and courage at January Plenary

by Sheila Pires | Jan 21, 2026 | Uncategorized, Bishop Statements, Featured, News

The President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has called on the Church in South Africa, Botswana and Eswatini to enter its next chapter with renewed missionary zeal, fidelity to the Gospel and courage in the face of injustice, as the...

Cardinal Brislin mourns children killed in Vaal scholar transport crash

by Sheila Pires | Jan 21, 2026 | Uncategorized, Bishop Statements, Featured

The Archbishop of Johannesburg has expressed deep sorrow following a tragic road accident near Vanderbijlpark in South Africa’s Vaal region, in which several schoolchildren lost their lives while travelling to school on 17 January 2026. In a message of condolence,...

Plenary Opening Mass: Southern African bishops urged to listen anew to the Holy Spirit

by Sheila Pires | Jan 21, 2026 | Uncategorized, Bishops' Homilies, Featured

The Catholic Church in Southern Africa has been called to renewed discernment, deeper communion, and a more prophetic public witness as it marks 75 years since the establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in the region. The call came during the Opening Mass of the...

SACBC Unveils Official Logo for the 75th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Southern African Hierarchy

by Sheila Pires | Jan 17, 2026 | Uncategorized, Featured, News

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has officially unveiled the logo for the 75th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Southern African Hierarchy, marking a significant milestone in the life and mission of the Catholic Church in South Africa,...