81st IMBISA Standing Committee Meeting in Harare Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, The 81st Standing Committee Meeting of IMBISA took place from 27th to 28th March 2025 in Harare. We gathered in prayer and reflection...

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Fourth Sunday of Lent Year C 2025 Josh 5:9a, 10–12; 2 Cor 5:17–21; Lk 15:1–3, 11–32 Imagine the joy that would be in the world if all parties on this planet who are involved in armed...

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We were delighted to hear from Cardinal Wilfrid Napier OFM who wrote to IMBISA in reaction to the series On synodal journey for 50 years regarding the first plenary assembly in Harare in 1984....

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The IMBISA Standing Committee will convene in Harare for its 81st meeting from 27 to 28 March 2025. IMBISA, with its headquarters located in Harare, will follow this meeting with a special Jubilee Mass...

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Today, we celebrate the 3rd Sunday of Lent, a sacred time for repentance, renewal, and rediscovering our true identity as children of God. In the Liturgy of the Word, we encounter Moses at the...

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To my dear Brothers the Bishops of the Southern African Region 1. It gives me great pleasure to address the First General Assembly of the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa, being held at Harare....

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Photo credit: https://clubofmozambique.com/ On 10 March 2025, Cyclone Jude hit Nampula Province in Mozambique, leaving widespread destruction and displacing thousands of families. In response to the crisis, Caritas Mozambique, in partnership with government agencies and humanitarian...

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Gen 15 : 5 – 18, Phil 3 : 17 – 4 : 1, Lk 9 : 28 – 36 Today, our first reading and gospel have a lot in common. Both of them narrate...

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Many of you will hear the name IMBISA for the first time. It stands for the Inter-regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa and consists of all the Catholic Bishops of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho,...

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IMBISA held its first plenary assembly from 22 to 24 August 1984 at Chishawasha near Harare, Zimbabwe. The theme of the plenary was The Social Teaching of the Catholic Church and her Prophetic Mission in...

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