Cape Town’s recently ordained auxiliary bishop will have the opportunity to test his new diocese’s potkjiekos-cooking skills on Heritage Day. Bishop Sylvester David has confirmed his attendance at the Two Saints Soccer and Potjiekos...
By Cindy Wooden – The German bishops’ plans for a two-year process of consultation and deliberation on key issues facing the Catholic Church must conform to universal church law and must be approved by the...
By Cindy Wooden – New bishops need to prepare for a life filled with God’s surprises, with daily plans that change at the last minute and, especially, for a life dedicated to spending time with...
Bishops / Church / Erin Carelse
by Erin Carelse · Published September 10, 2019 · Last modified September 9, 2019
Having a diocesan synod every ten years is good practice, according to the vicar for evangelisation of Johannesburg archdiocese which is preparing for its second archdiocesan synod. The archdiocesan synod takes place from September...
By Eduardo Campos Lima – After denouncing the record number of wildfires in the Amazon in August and the growing deforestation of the region, the Brazilian Catholic Church is pressuring the government to guarantee the...
By Bronwen Dachs – The Church in Africa must work to end violence against people with albinism through its schools and other education efforts, according to Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of Mthatha, president of the Southern...
By Sr Phatsimo Ramokgwebana – The installation of Bishop Frank Nubuasah as the fourth bishop of the diocese of Gaborone attracted multitudes of people at the University of Botswana Indoor Sports Arena. In attendance was...
Clergy from the diocese of Oudtshoorn travelled to Koelenhof in Cape Town on the feast of Our Lady of Carmel to celebrate the anniversary of episcopal ordination with Bishop emeritus Edward Adams (back, fourth...
President Cyril Ramaphosa agreed with Church leaders that things need to improve in South Africa, and pledged to meet again with the Christian leaders. The delegation of the South African Council of Churches (SACC)...
By Lise Alves – “Crying out to the world for solidarity,” leaders of the Latin American bishops’ council urged international action to save the Amazon rainforest as massive fires continued to burn. “We urge the...
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...
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