by Caleb SC · Published February 11, 2019 · Last modified February 10, 2019
Bishop Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi of Gaborone diocese in Botswana died on Friday, January 25, at Gaborone Private Hospital at the age of 91. Bishop Setlalekgosi was born in Serowe in 1927 and grew up...
Bishops / Christen Torres / Church
by Christen Torres · Published February 5, 2019 · Last modified February 4, 2019
On February 10, Bishop Abel Gabuza will take possession of his office as the coadjutor archbishop of Durban. CHRISTEN TORRES asked him about the diocese he is leaving behind and the archdiocese he is...
Bishops / Christen Torres / Church / Priests / Sacraments
by Christen Torres · Published January 26, 2019 · Last modified January 25, 2019
In recent weeks the question of fees charged for services by priests has been discussed around the world. CHRISTEN TORRES interviewed Bishop Edward Risi to seek explanations. Firstly why are they called “stole fees”...
Bishop Abel Gabuza, 63, will be installed as coadjutor archbishop of Durban on February 10, at which point his current diocese of Kimberley will fall vacant. When he eventually succeeds Cardinal Wilfrid Napier as...
Bishops / Church / Editorials 2018
by Editor · Published December 30, 2018 · Last modified December 27, 2018
Pope Francis has made a wise and bold decision by appointing Bishop Abel Gabuza as coadjutor archbishop of Durban, and therefore as Cardinal Wilfrid Napier’s successor. Having been born in Alexandra, Johannesburg, and having...
Bishops / Christen Torres / Christmas
by Christen Torres · Published December 25, 2018 · Last modified December 27, 2018
What do bishops do at Christmas? CHRISTEN TORRES spoke to five South African prelates to find out. Christmas is a day of family, celebration and relaxation, but for bishops, as it is for all...
A new constitution to rule the Roman curia, as the bureaucracy of the Vatican is known, will reflect Pope Francis’ call for a missionary Church that is focused on preaching the Gospel. This is...
Speaking on behalf of all adult Catholics, Pope Francis formally closed the Synod of Bishops by asking young people for forgiveness. “Forgive us if often we have not listened to you; if, instead of...
The Catholic Church and all its members must get better at listening to young people, taking their questions seriously, recognizing them as full members of the church, patiently walking with them and offering guidance...
Bishops / Church / Pope Francis
by asiel · Published October 27, 2018 · Last modified October 26, 2018
Fr Tulani Gubula of Queenstown diocese had the opportunity to meet Pope Francis during a reception surrounding the Synod of Bishops on Youth in the Vatican. The encounter was particularly special as it was...
Bishops / Pope Francis / Synod
by Caleb SC · Published October 27, 2018 · Last modified October 26, 2018
The more than 250 Catholic bishops from around the world meeting at the Vatican in October missed an opportunity to confront the global sex abuse crisis, said Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia. “I...
No one is excluded from the love of God or from being welcomed into the Catholic Church, but God’s love and the church’s welcome also come with a call to conversion, said the English-language...
