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05 Aug

We are called to avoid excessive attachments to earthly pleasures and desires

August 5, 2022
Posted by Fr. Michael Sheri

By Fr. Michael Seheri, Johannesburg, South Africa 18th Sunday-Year C We are called to avoid excessive attachments to earthly pleasures and desires All the three readings of this Sunday give us one crucial message, namely: we are...

01 Aug

General

MESSAGE OF THE 19TH PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF SECAM

August 1, 2022
Posted by Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr; Cardinal Elect President of SECAM

The 19th Plenary Assembly of the SYMPOSIUM OF EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES OF AFRICA AND MADAGASCAR (SECAM) took place from July 25 to August 1, 2022 in Accra, Ghana on the theme: "Ownership of SECAM: Security...

30 Jul

General, Joy of the Gospel

Let us pray: 17th Sunday-Year C

July 30, 2022
Posted by Fr. Enrico Parry

Fr. Enrico Parry, Diocese of Oudsthoorn, South Africa Let us pray If Jesus were in his element, He could have responded to the disciples' teach-us-to-pray request, "You mean to say I have been praying all this...

28 Jul

General, News

Death of Former Director of the IMBISA Secretariat

July 29, 2022
Posted by Brenda

By Fr. Dumisani Vilakati (Director of the IMBISA Secretariat) The IMBISA Secretariat has learnt, with sadness, of the passing away of the Rev. Fr. John Coleman SDB on the 28th July 2022. Fr. Coleman is an...

28 Jul

General, News

IMBISA Bishops at SECAM Plenary Assembly

July 28, 2022
Posted by Brenda

By Fr. Dumisani Vilakati (Director of the IMBISA Secretariat) At least ten Bishops from the IMBISA Region are participating in the 19th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM)...

21 Jul

General

Mozambique

July 21, 2022
Posted by Johan Viljoen, Reabetswe Tloubatla, Jeanette Lesisa

By Johan Viljoen, Reabetswe Tloubatla, Jeanette Lesisa: Denis Hurley Peace Institute- Pretoria, South Africa 1. Mozambique Slams “Deplorable” Treatment of Its Citizens In South Africa The President of the National Human Rights Commission of Mozambique (CNDH)...

21 Jul

General

ESWATINI BISHOP CALLS FOR THREE DAYS OF PRAYER FOR PEACE AMID COUNTRY’S POLITCAL TURMOIL

July 21, 2022
Posted by Johan Viljoen, Reabetswe Tloubatla, Jeanette Lesisa

By Johan Viljoen, Reabetswe Tloubatla, Jeanette Lesisa: Denis Hurley Peace Institute- Pretoria, South Africa Three days dedicated to the Prayer for Peace in the world with a special focus to Eswatini that is rocked by...

21 Jul

General

CARITAS SOUTH AFRICA – AGM – 20 July 2022 –Bishop Stanislaw Dziuba Message

July 21, 2022
Posted by + Stanislaw Dziuba

I would like to greet all participants of the Annual Assembly of Caritas South Africa, the Caritas National Board and Coordinator – Sr Maria Rissini, Metro and Diocesan Representatives, the Caritas Chaplains and all...

19 Jul

General, News

Press Release from the Apostolic Nunciature in Zimbabwe 19 July 2022

July 21, 2022
Posted by APOSTOLIC NUNCIATURE IN ZIMBABWE

His Holiness Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Masvingo, presented by the Right Reverend Bishop Michael Dixon Bhasera. Pending the nomination of a new Bishop, the Most...

19 Jul

Catholic Social Teaching, General

TOGETHER ON THE JOURNEY OF FAITH AND LIFE

July 19, 2022
Posted by ZCBC Bishops

Pastoral Letter of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference To the Church in Zimbabwe and All People of Good Will Introduction The Roman Catholic Church in Zimbabwe has embraced the synodal process inaugurated in October 2021 by the...