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The South African Catholic Church is on the ball!

Friday, 05 March 2010

The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference has launched a new website www.churchontheball.com to prepare for the 2010 Football World Cup. It will be a central reference site for information on what the Catholic Church is doing in Southern Africa and to offer information on the churches and communities near the stadiums.

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The inside story: From Zimbabwe

Thursday, 18 February 2010

The Denis Hurley Peace Institute has been asked by a number of people to share the insights the Institute has in the various countries we work. They are therefore embarking on a new initiative of providing you with what they believe to be cutting edge insights into the countries that they work in. The first of these is an analysis of the present state of play in Zimbabwe. The author, member of the DHPI board, offers a very good understanding of Zimbabwe’s political scenario one year after the formation of the Global Political Agreement.

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Message of His Holiness Benedict XVI for Lent 2010

Wednesday, 17 February 2010

“The justice of God has been manifested through faith in Jesus Christ” (Rm 3, 21-22)

Dear Brothers and Sisters!
Each year, on the occasion of Lent, the Church invites us to a sincere review of our life in light of the teachings of the Gospel. This year, I would like to offer you some reflections on the great theme of justice, beginning from the Pauline affirmation: “The justice of God has been manifested through faith in Jesus Christ” (cf. Rm 3, 21-22).

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Project Caritas Haiti has raised over a million rand

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

The Project Caritas Haiti collection has raised over a million rand thanks to the generosity of Southern African communities and individual donators. The money collected will go directly to Catholic Relief Services (CRS)/Caritas Internationalis, still present on the ground in Port au Prince.

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Bishops' Lenten Appeal: "Seeds of hope"

Monday, 15 February 2010

Ash Wednesday (17 February 2010) marks the beginning of Lent. The Catholic Community participates in sharing and praying for missions running in Southern Africa, through its Bishops’ Lenten Appeal. For six weeks of Lent until Easter Sunday there is an opportunity to become more aware of the needy.

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Appeal to South African Leaders: Is your sexual morality making you a worthy role model for the youth?

Friday, 12 February 2010

"You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honour your father and mother" (Mk19:20); "But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart" (Mt5:28). The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference expresses its strongest concern of the scandalous behaviour of leaders who shamelessly flout the norms of morality and decency, accepted and expected by the vast majority of people.

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Catholic Church in South Africa Takes Over HIV Care

Monday, 08 February 2010

Last week, South Africa celebrated, near Johannesburg, an important HIV milestone. Due to excellent partnership and program execution, management of a very large U.S. grant supporting HIV care and treatment for more than 60,000 people is shifting from the international hands of the CRS-led AIDSRelief consortium into the local hands of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), St. Mary’s Hospital, and the Institute for Youth Development-South Africa.

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News from the Plenary session

Monday, 01 February 2010

On Friday 29 January, the bishops of Southern Africa focused on the last Synod for Africa held in Rome last October and its pastoral communication to the Conference. Members of the Southern African delegation present at the Synod reported their experience. Cardinal Napier traced the history of the Synod for Africa and gave a personal account of how the process worked.

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Fr João Noé Rodrigues, new bishop of Tzaneen

Thursday, 28 January 2010

The Holy Father appointed Father João Noé Rodrigues, as the new bishop of Tzaneen. He succeeds Bishop Hugh Slattery, MSC. Father Rodrigues was born in Cape Town on 8 March 1953 and was ordained priest for the Diocese of Witbank on 4 July 1982. Details of the ordination are still to be finalised.