Bishop Frank Nubuasah of Gaborone, Archbishop Dabula Mpako of Pretoria and Bishop Kevin Dowling of Rustenburg at Mass during the mid-year plenary of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Mariannhill. (Photos: Fr Paul...
By Dennis Sadowski – Bishop Kevin Dowling of Rustenburg and Marie Dennis of Washington have handed over their co-presidency of Pax Christi International to a French bishop and a Kenyan Sister. They had led the...
The president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has called on Church leaders to come out of the sacristies and be with the people who are left alone in desperate situations —...
By Josephine von Dohlen – In a crowded bar, bustling with young adult Catholics from the Washington area for the monthly Theology on Tap, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory shared his pain over what this archdiocese...
By Bronwen Dachs – The Church in Africa needs courageous Catholics who will become involved in the continent’s challenges, said participants at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and...
By Sr Phatsimo Ramokgwebana SC – A leading cardinal from the Vatican conducted a spiritual revival conference in the diocese of Gaborone, Botswana. Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson, the Ghanaian prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting...
Bishops / Church / Parish Life
by Tamar SC · Published August 5, 2019 · Last modified August 1, 2019
Bishop Vincent Zungu of Port Elizabeth joined East London deanery youth in celebrating Youth Day with Mass at St Patrick’s parish in Berea. Following Mass, the youth, parents, clergy and missionaries enjoyed a family...
Archbishop Dabula Mpako of Pretoria (left) and his predecessor Archbishop William Slattery OFM cut a cake from the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, welcoming the new head of the archdiocese and bidding farewell to the latter...
By Junno Arocho Esteves – In the wake of the historic resignation of Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rossello, the people of the Caribbean island must continue to maintain their unity to overcome the social ills...
Few, if any, archdioceses in the world have four archbishops living within its boundaries, but Pretoria is one of them. Seen at the archdiocesan celebration of the installation of Archbishop Dabula Mpako at CBC...
Bishops / Globalisation of Indifference / Synod
by CNS · Published July 23, 2019 · Last modified July 22, 2019
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The objective of the upcoming Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is to highlight the need for religious, political and social leaders to come together and defend the dignity...
Fr Robert Kinena Ndungu MCCJ, Pretoria – At Bishop Joe Sandri of Witbank’s funeral, the homilist posed the question: “Who was Joe?” Bishop José Luis Ponce de León of Manzini, Swaziland, with his question,...
