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Protection of Information Bill: Statement by Cardinal Napier

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 14:05


The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference has serious concerns about the wisdom and the constitutionality of the Protection of Information Bill currently before Parliament, as well as about the need for the establishment of a Media Appeals Tribunal.
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Bishops register their horror at violence and intimidation during public service strikes

Monday, 23 August 2010 08:55


The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference wishes to register its horror at the incidences of violence and intimidation perpetrated by participants in the Public Servants Strike. In particular we abhor the inhuman conduct of denying doctors and patients access to hospitals and teachers and pupils access to their schools.  We are horrified that care is being denied to  the weakest and most vulnerable.
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Closing of the Year of the Priest: celebration of the first African priests

Tuesday, 03 August 2010 10:04


The closing Celebration of the Year for Priests will be held on Monday 9 August 2010 at Mariathal Mission at 9:30 am, Diocese of Mariannhill, with the attendance of all bishops and priests representatives from all dioceses. This will be also a special celebration in honour of the first four African Priests in South Africa. This celebration was planned to coincide with the Plenary session of the Southern African Bishops Conference which starts in Mariannhill on 3 August.
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Success breeds success: it is time to get on with transformation

Thursday, 15 July 2010 11:06


Ke Nako! It is time. Let’s get on with it! South Africa is a nation in transformation. The FIFA World Cup has given our country a wonderful opportunity to work together and to prove that we are a nation full of very capable people. I congratulate the government, the Local Organising Committee, the volunteers, builders, workers and everyone involved in making this a very successful event.

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Archbishop Buti Tlhagale receives relics of Saint Thérèse

Friday, 09 July 2010 08:40


On Thursday 8 July at midday the Catholic Archbishop of Johannesburg, also the President of the SACBC, Archbishop Buti Tlhagale received the relics of St Therese of Lisieux also known as St Thérèse of the Little Flower, at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Doornfontein near Ellis Park. The relics of Therese, the greatest saint of modern times, are on a 3-month tour of South Africa travelling from Tzaneen in the north to Cape Town.
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Archbishop Buti Tlhagale on rumours of post World Cup xenophobic violence

Thursday, 08 July 2010 15:12


Recently there have been rumours in various sections of our community of the possibility of xenophobic attacks once the World Cup is over. Immediately after such a successful hosting of the World Cup, where South Africans demonstrated to the world and to each other what can be achieved when we all work together, we call on the Government, employers and citizens to listen with renewed vigour to these voices expressing legitimate grievance and act  for our common good.
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National Religious Leaders Forum meet President Zuma

Friday, 02 July 2010 14:05


The Executive of the National Religious Leaders Forum (NRLF) met President Zuma at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Thursday 1 June 2010. The delegation, led by the newly elected Chairman, Archbishop Buti Tlhagale, Catholic Archbishop of Johannesburg and President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, consisted of leaders from the Islamic, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Ba’hai faiths and Christian leaders.
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Relics of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux arrive in Johannesburg

Friday, 25 June 2010 10:14


On Friday 25 June at 14:00, the catholic priests of Johannesburg's Archdiocese, the Carmelite Sisters and the Catholic Order of the Knights of da Gama will ceremonially receive the traveling relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux at the Carmelite Convent in Benoni.  The reliquary, an ornate casket, containing some of the mortal remains of the saint will be borne in solemn procession, with rose petals strewn before it, into the Convent Chapel where they will lie for veneration until 28 June when they are taken to Geluksdal Catholic Church, the next stop in a three month tour across the length and breadth of South Africa.

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Inter-diocesan Consultation

Wednesday, 09 June 2010 11:18


The Bishops of the Southern African catholic Bishops’ Conference have embarked on an ambitious project. After ten years into the new millennium they wish to assess the pastoral situation. Life in this part of the world has changed radically since the formulation of the last Pastoral Plan in 1989. Bishop William Slattery has written a letter to initiate the process which will take place over the next two years. It is envisioned that the process of reflection and discussion will take place in three stages. It is hoped that everyone will take the opportunity to participate. This is a moment in which everyone can share their views and hopes for the Church in the coming years. Bishop Slattery’s letter is self-explanatory. In the name of all the Bishops he invites everyone in every parish to participate. To read the lettre, click on "read more".
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