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Candidates for Holy Orders, coming from among the people of God and sent back to the people of God to serve them, must steer off clericalism, the tendency, on the part of the Clergy, to emphasize authority and influence to the detriment of the Laity, Bishop Neil Augustine Frank of South Africa’s Catholic Diocese of Mariannhill has said.
Bishop Neil Augustine Frank of the Catholic Diocese of Mariannhill in South Africa is appealing to Christians in the country to fast during lent for the good of the African nation as it prepares for general elections.
Disputes over land in South Africa can be linked to inability of the citizens to realize “social cohesion”, the Bishop of the country’s Catholic Diocese of Mariannhill has said.
Pope Francis has accepted the retirement of Bishop Pius Mlungisi Dlungwane of the Catholic Diocese of Mariannhill in South Africa and appointed his successor.