A workshop on Justice and Peace was held from October 12 to 16, 2026, at the Padre Pio Retreat Centre in Pretoria, South Africa. The workshop, themed “Empowering religious leaders to engage in effective...

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First Reading           Isaiah 25:6–10a Psalm                       Psalm 23:1–6 Second Reading       Philippians 4:12–14, 19–20 Gospel                      Matthew 22:1–14 On his recent apostolic  visit to France, on  Saturday, September 26, 2026, the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, celebrated...

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Living Water in Southern Africa: From Prayer to Action this Season of Creation Across Southern Africa, the 2026 Season of Creation invites Catholic communities to let faith, prayer, and ecological conversion flow into practical...

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IMBISA to host a Justice and Peace workshop featuring the Prefect of the DPIHD, Sister Alessandra Smerilli   The IMBISA Secretariat will host a Justice and Peace workshop bringing together Bishops and Justice and Peace officials...

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Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A Readings: Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalm 80: 9,12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20 Philippians 4:6-9 Matthew 21:33-43 My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, there is something deeply moving about the image of a vineyard in...

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The Bishops of the Standing Committee Meeting of IMBISA made a joint visit to the  Três de Fevereiro resettlement camp in Pemba on October 1st, 2026, to follow the dramatic route of migrants and...

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Even Just One of These Children Pope Leo XIV's Message for the 2026 World Day of Migrants and Refugees is lived out by IMBISA in Pemba, Cabo Delgado.   “Even just one of these children” is the...

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Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, Today, as the Church celebrates the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, the Word of the Lord speaks to us with disarming simplicity: ‘Whoever welcomes even one of these little...

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Manifesto Condemning the Recent Murders in Gauteng, South Africa "The Lord said, 'What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground. " – Genesis 4:10. IMBISA publicly expresses its deepest...

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The academic dean at the Institute where I was a theology student was a certain Dr Luke Mlilo. Inside his office, next to the door, there was a picture of a laughing face with...

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