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Bishops' Lenten Appeal: "Seeds of hope"
Monday, 15 February 2010 11:42
Appeal to South African Leaders: Is your sexual morality making you a worthy role model for the youth?
Friday, 12 February 2010 08:49
Catholic Church in South Africa Takes Over HIV Care
Monday, 08 February 2010 10:40
News from the Plenary session
Monday, 01 February 2010 08:59
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.
Fr João Noé Rodrigues, new bishop of Tzaneen
Thursday, 28 January 2010 12:59
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.
The bishops of Southern Africa in plenary session
Thursday, 28 January 2010 08:38
The first plenary of the year opened on Tuesday evening in Saint John Vianney Seminary, Pretoria, with a mass invoking the Holy Spirit. About 30 bishops of South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland were presents at the opening mass presided by the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop James Green. Among the bishops, the newly appointed bishop of Witbank, Giuseppe Sandri, MCCJ, who will be ordained on 31 January 2010.
National Church Leaders’ Consultation statement on the relief efforts in Haiti
Tuesday, 19 January 2010 12:31
The people of Haiti need our bread – give them bread yourselves (Mk 6.37)
Dear People of God in Southern Africa,
Haiti needs our help – let’s pull out all the stops
Friday, 15 January 2010 00:00
I visited Haiti for a month a number of years ago. Haiti is one of the poorest places – poorer than many of the countries in Africa - that I have visited. A very unstable government and a turbulent history have left the people of Haiti impoverished. Adding to an already desperate situation, are the horrific consequences of Tuesdays’ Earthquake. These have been made even worse by the fact that most of the city of Port-au-Prince is built on hillsides. So, it is these areas of housing for residents that are the worst affected.
Bishop Brislin appointed Archbishop of Cape Town
Saturday, 19 December 2009 00:00
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop Stephen Brislin of Kroonstad as Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa. The Archbishop elect was born in Welkom in the Free State Province in 1956. He was ordained priest in 1983 and consecrated bishop in 2007. At the same time, the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Cape Town tendered by Archbishop Lawrence Henry who has reached the retirement age. Archbishop-elect Brislin will be installed as Archbishop of Cape Town on Sunday 7 February 2010 at the Bellville Velodrome beginning at 4pm.More Articles...
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