SUBMIT A STORY WE ARE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN AFRICA COMMUNICATING OUR STORIES IN ORDER TO GROW, SERVE & THRIVE AS A UNITED COMMUNITY OUR STORIES All Catholic Social Teaching Education General Inter Faith Joy of the Gospel Laudato Si Migration News Synodality 5th Sunday of Easter – 18 May 2025 16 May, 2025 First reading: Acts 14:21b-27 Second Reading: Revelation 21:1-5a Gospel: John 13: 31-33a.34-35 The f... Read More Fourth IMBISA General Assembly 1980 15 May, 2025 This was the last General Assembly to be held before the first ever Plenary Asssembly. It was held i... Read More A Message from the Inter Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa 13 May, 2025 The Inter Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) joins the Universal Church in than... Read More God’s Call to Priesthood and Consecrated Life 9 May, 2025 Today we are asked to think about the call of the Good Shepherd in our lives. Each baptized person h... Read More ‘We feel like sheep without a shepherd’ 4 May, 2025 Pope Francis has been laid to rest at the Basilica of St. Mary Major, and the Church now finds itse... Read More The Third IMBISA General Assembly 1978 3 May, 2025 The venue for the Third General Assembly was at Mazenod in Lesotho from the 26th to the 28th of Sept... Read More The Second IMBISA General Assembly 1977 29 April, 2025 Almost a year after his episcopal ordination, Bishop Zwane of Manzini diocese in Swaziland [now Eswa... Read More Peace be with you 25 April, 2025 My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, this Sunday we celebrate the occasion of the Second Sunday o... Read More CONDOLENCE MESSAGE ON THE PASSING OF POPE FRANCIS 24 April, 2025 It is with profound sorrow and deep reverence that we, the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Sout... Read More The Lord has risen. He has truly risen. Alleluia. 20 April, 2025 The drama of light and darkness at the Easter Vigil linger long into Easter Sunday, and beyond. That... Read More Why are you asleep? 13 April, 2025 Palm Sunday, Year C This morning, I had the luxury of sitting among the faithful at Mass. One with t... Read More IMBISA: Origins and development 12 April, 2025 The mid 1970’s signalled important changes in the Southern African region. Angola and Mozambique, ... Read More Load More Posts pagination 1 2 3 … 39 Stay informed Sign up to the IMBISA mailing list Email address: Leave this field empty if you're human: