Prayer for Peace in the Holy Land and other War-torn countries
At its meeting from the 7th to the 9th of November 2023 in Lumko Institute, Benoni, the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference Administrative Board noted with great...
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Thanksgiving Mass: Investiture of Cardinal Brislin
October 1, 2023, St Stephen’s Chapel in the Vatican Gardens, Rome – Bishop Sithembele Sipuka’s homily As we celebrate this Thanksgiving Mass for the inauguration of Archbishop...
New cardinals bring experience of ‘peripheries’ to universal church
By CNS – Speaking to reporters a few days before receiving their red hats, many of the 21 new cardinals said their induction into the College of...
Cardinal Stephen Brislin Coat of Arms
Cardinal Stephen Brislin, 67, South Africa, “Veritas in Caritate” (“Truth in Love”). The archbishop of Cape Town’s motto comes from St Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians 4:15....
SACBC: Our hearts go out to those who lost their lives, families
SACBC Statement On The Tragic Fire At Albert Street, Johannesburg The death of 74 people in the fire at 80 Albert Street in Johannesburg is a tragedy of...
SACBC: Citizens, Reclaim the Dream
A call from the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference to All Citizens to Reclaim the Dream Thirty years after the joy of our democratic elections, we remain grateful...
Bishop Sipuka: Ad Limina Visit a “symbolic expression of the unity of Bishops with the Pope”
By Sheila Pires, SACBC – The planned Ad Limina Visit of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) is a “symbolic expression of the unity of bishops...
Bishop Selemela to Catholic Women: Your mission as Catholic women is Discipling the Girl Child
By Sheila Pires, SACBC – The Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Pretoria has called on Catholic women to “mentor and animate the girl child”. Addressing women...
The Relevance and Power of Easter
By Bishop Sithembele Sipuka More than Christmas, Easter enjoys much attention and participation from Christians, including nominal Christians who do not frequent Sunday services during the year....
The SACBC is Present and Loud
In the second part of a wide-ranging interview, SACBC president Bishop Sithembele Sipuka tells Günther Simmermacher about the bishops’ conference’s finances, media, the effect of Covid, ecumenism and...
