Witbank Diocese Celebrates 100 Years!
By Kati Dijane – The Diocese of Witbank celebrated its 100-year anniversary at Emalahleni Civic Centre with over 3 000 guests including young and old religious and...
By Kati Dijane – The Diocese of Witbank celebrated its 100-year anniversary at Emalahleni Civic Centre with over 3 000 guests including young and old religious and...
Bishops / Church / Church History
by Admin · Published October 29, 2024 · Last modified October 28, 2024
Celebrations of the 70th anniversary of Bishop Fritz Lobinger’s ordination to the priesthood will kick off in January. Here Bishop Joseph Kizito pays tribute to one of...
Cardinal Stephen Brislin, 68, has been appointed the new archbishop of Johannesburg, succeeding retiring Archbishop Buti Tlhagale. The announcement of the resignation of Archbishop Tlhagale, 76, and...
By Kati Dijane – Bishop Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo’s house is busy, as volunteers and staff are hard at work preparing for the historic 100-year celebration of the Diocese...
Archbishop Henryk Mieczyslaw Jagodzinski, the Apostolic Nuncio of South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia and eSwatini presented his credentials to Lesotho’s King Letsie III. The ceremony took place...
Bishops / Church / Parish Life / War and Refugees
by Cardinal Stephen Brislin · Published October 7, 2024 · Last modified October 6, 2024
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace. (James 3:18) Over the next few days the world will remember the horrifying...
By Fr Vaclav Klement SDB – The synodal path of the Southern African Catholic community is marked every 3 years by a ‘Joint Witness’ – 3 days...
Bishops / Church / Church History / Question & Answer / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published September 12, 2024 · Last modified September 11, 2024
The first local cardinal was Owen McCann, archbishop of Cape Town from 1950-84. Born in 1907 in Cape Town, he was elevated to the rank of cardinal...
Question: How many different types of Cardinals are there? And what do they actually do? Answer: The role of a cardinal is historically and primarily that of...
Bishops / Church / Parish Life
by Archdiocese of Pretoria · Published August 5, 2024 · Last modified August 7, 2024
By Archdiocese of Pretoria, Photos: Clement Ndaba Menyuko – Parish churches under the Western Deanery of the Archdiocese of Pretoria united for a significant Eucharistic celebration presided...
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