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The Vatican has affirmed its support for the June 23-24 International Symposium on Global Justice and Solidarity in South Africa and encouraged participants to seize the opportunity to advance the witnessing of the Gospel through dialogue and solidarity.
The Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has backed South Africa’s planned National Dialogue, terming it “a crucial step” to address corruption, crime, and other national challenges.
The Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has welcomed Tiger Brands’ “long-awaited” decision to compensate victims of the 2017-2018 listeriosis outbreak.
The Chairperson of the Social Action Department at the South African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has called for increased awareness on human trafficking and gender-based violence among other social injustices that are said to be on the rise in South Africa.
As more young people become spiritual healers in Southern Africa, where they are also referred to as “Sangoma”, Catholic Bishops in the three-nation regional Conference are mulling over the idea to fully embrace them in the Church and even allow them to receive Holy Communion.
The Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Pretoria has highlighted the significance of the Holy Week and Easter season urging the people of God to prepare adequately and with devotion for “the great occasion.”
Members of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) have lauded the courage and resilience of a seven-year-old girl who reported that she was sexually abused in the country’s Eastern Cape Province.
The Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has called for “racial reconciliation” in response to ongoing land reform disputes between South Africa and the United States government.
The Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has demaded justice for the 2017-2018 listeriosis outbreak victims, urging the involved private sector to take responsibility rather than hiding “behind legal technicalities.”
The Catholic Institute of Education (CIE) has reflected on its milestones since its establishment in 1985, emphasizing its enduring support for schools, teachers, and learners across the Southern African region.
Stephen Cardinal Brislin has called for collective efforts to address poverty in South Africa, describing people’s rising levels of poverty in the country as “a scandal” that should not be normalized.
Bishop Jan De Groef of the Catholic Diocese of Bethlehem in South Africa has called for a communion that is rooted in Jesus Christ transcending affiliations based on race, tribe, and culture to promote a Synodal Church in the Southern African nation.
The hundreds of illegal miners stuck in a disused mine in Silfontein in South Africa’s North West Province are human beings, whose dignity should be respected, Bishop Sithembele Sipuka has said.
Members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) are calling for the realization of a “new humanity” that they say is the reason behind the Nativity of Jesus Christ.
Members of the youth ministry at the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC), which includes South Africa, Botswana, and Eswatini, have written to Pope Francis, expressing their gratitude to the Holy Father for his leadership as the Vicar of Christ over the past 11 years.
Members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) have expressed their solidarity with their colleagues in Mozambique, where post-election protests have resulted in deaths.
Pope Francis has cautioned young people in South Africa against life’s “traps” of alcohol and drug abuse.
Marriage is a lifelong commitment and has no “expiry date”, the Liaison Bishop for Marriage and Family Life at the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) has said.
The just concluded joint meeting between members of the Leadership Conference of Consecrated Life (LCCL) and the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) was an opportunity for the two entities to collaborate on how to address dwindling vocations to religious life.
Inclusivity is not an easy task in the Synodal conversations that propose that every voice be heard, the Apostolic Nuncio in South Africa said.