March 2022 - Imbisa -

Comment on the Gospel of the Fifth Sunday of Lent Year C

March 31, 2022
Posted by Fr. Dumisani Vilakati

By Fr. Dumisani Vilakati of Manzini, Eswatini John 8: 1-11 The gospel presents a story of the depths of God’s mercy as Jesus saves a woman from death. As to geographic setting we are in Jerusalem, in...

31 Mar

News

IOM Also reports Sharp Increase in IDP’s

March 31, 2022
Posted by Brenda

By Johan Viljoen, Reabetswe Tloubatla, Jeanette Lesisa The number of people in Mozambique who have been internally displaced due to the war in Cabo Delgado, in the north of the country, rose by 7% in the...

24 Mar

General, Politics

New Times, New Frontiers: Sustaining the Prophetic Role of the Church in IMBISA

March 25, 2022
Posted by Brenda

From March 22-23, 2022, the IMBISA Standing Committee and Presidents of member Episcopal Conferences met in Johannesburg, South Africa at the Europrime Hotel. The meeting, facilitated by Dr. James Nyawo, was themed "New Times, New...

15 Mar

Laudato Si

Integral Ecology

March 15, 2022
Posted by Brenda

(Numbers 137 – 162) The heart of what the Encyclical proposes is integral ecology which is a model of justice on earth; an ecology “which respects our unique place as human beings in this world...

09 Mar

Laudato Si

The Gospel of Creation

March 9, 2022
Posted by Brenda

(Numbers 62 – 100) To face the problems illustrated in the previous chapter, Pope Francis selects Biblical accounts, offering a comprehensive view that comes from the Judeo-Christian tradition. With this he articulates the “tremendous responsibility”...

08 Mar

News

Bishop António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo, Bishop of Pemba

March 8, 2022
Posted by Brenda

The Holy Father, Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Antonio Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo as Bishop of the Diocese of Pemba, in northern Mozambique. In 2018 Pope Francis had appointed Bishop Antóno Juliasse, Auxiliary Bishop of the...

08 Mar

Synodality

CHURCH- FAMILY AND THE PASTORAL CARE OF ‘SINGLE MOTHERS’

March 8, 2022
Posted by Brenda

Fr. Rafael B. Sapato rafaelbacianosapato@gmail.com Introduction The Church is a family of God and the one in Africa was formally defined in the Special Assembly of the Synod for Africa in 1994 as a 'Family Church'. This...

07 Mar

General

What is happening to our common home?

March 7, 2022
Posted by Brenda

(Numbers 17-61) The chapter presents the most recent scientific findings on the environment as a way of listening to the cry of creation, “to become painfully aware, to dare to turn what is happening...

Top 10 takeaways from Laudato Sì

March 4, 2022
Posted by IMBISA Communications

By Fr. James Martin SJ 1. Reframing The Debate – Bringing in a Spiritual Perspective Laudato Sì clearly, decisively and systematically looks at the environmental crisis from a religious point of view. It brings the...