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by bcadmin | Oct 22, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Dominicans, News, Obituary, South Africa | 0 |
The late Dominican Father Albert Nolan “was a beacon of hope for the poor and oppressed in a world and a country that is still characterized by gross inequality and injustice,” said Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of Mthatha.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | Artificial intelligence, Consistory, Contraception, Knights of Malta, lay governance, Metaverse, News, South Africa, The Dispatch, The Great Resignation | 0 |
Contraception Contradiction – “In the recent volume Etica teologica della vita: Scrittura, tradizione, sfide pratiche (Theological Ethics of Life: Scripture, Tradition, Practical Challenges), the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) proposes a…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 21, 2022 | children, Church in Asia, lead, Mozambique, News, South Africa, United Nations | 0 |
The director of the peace entity of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) said women and children have been subjected to sex exploitation in exchange for food that they normally should have received for free.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 8, 2022 | Church in Africa, lead, migrants and refugees, News, South Africa, Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference, xenophobia | 0 |
A leading Catholic bishop in South Africa says the country needs to start looking at migrants “as people who are in need of help.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 9, 2022 | Catholic Church, Church in Africa, lead, News, South Africa, violence against women | 0 |
Thousands of mourners gathered at the home of a major political figure in South Africa on Friday after his daughter was murdered in the latest case of gender-based violence in the country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 30, 2022 | Church in Africa, Flooding, lead, Natural disasters, News, South Africa, Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference | 0 |
A series of floods in South Africa earlier this month left at least 443 people dead and 13,000 homes destroyed, causing Church leaders to point to the growing climate change crisis.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 16, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Migrants, News, South Africa, South African Council of Churches, Southern African Bishops' Conference | 0 |
South African church leaders urged government action after a Zimbabwean migrant was killed in a mob attack in a Johannesburg township rocked by violent anti-crime protests.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 24, 2022 | Catholic Church, Church in Africa, jobs, lead, News, South Africa, Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference, xenophobia | 0 |
A job quotas bill that would limit the number of foreign laborers that can work in South Africa is being compared to apartheid by opposition party members.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 4, 2022 | Church in Africa, lead, migrants and refugees, News, South Africa, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
Church leaders in Africa are denouncing the treatment of Black people as they flee the violence in Ukraine following the Russian invasion of the country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 29, 2021 | Anglican Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic-Anglican dialogue, Church in Africa, News, South Africa | 0 |
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died Dec. 26, made his clerical career in the Anglican Church, but at one point, he is said to have contemplated the Catholic priesthood. Instead, he got married in a Catholic Church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 27, 2021 | Anglican Church, Church in Africa, News, South Africa, Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference | 0 |
Archbishop Desmond Tutu was “a beacon of hope during the bleak days of apartheid,” according to Bishop Victor Phalana of Klerksdorp.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 26, 2021 | Anglican Church, Associated Press, Church in Africa, News, Pope Francis, South Africa, Vatican | 0 |
The Vatican said Pope Francis was saddened to learn of the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and he offers heartfelt condolences to his family and loved ones.
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