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Investigate Escalating Attacks on South Africa’s Teachers: Catholic Institute of Education
The leadership of the Catholic Institute of Education (CIE) in South Africa is calling on security agencies in the country to look into the multiple cases of attacks on Principals and teachers in the Southern African nation.
Catholic Entity in South Africa “deeply concerned about” Violence on Teachers, Learners
Officials of the Catholic Institute of Education (CIE) have expressed concern about brutal attacks on learning institutions, learners, and the staff in South Africa.
Southern African Catholic Bishops' HIV/AIDS Program to Track Millions Missing Medication
Members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) have launched a HIV/AIDS monitoring and sensitization program that is aimed at ensuring that millions of citizens in their region who are living with the virus access medication.
South Africa’s Challenges Can Be Solved by “right economy”, Catholic Archbishop Says
The issues that South Africa is facing, including violence and looting, can be addressed by establishing an economy that will be friendly to the people, the Catholic Archbishop of South Africa’s Cape Town Archdiocese has said.
Diocesan Synod Not Parliament of Christians, Apostolic Nuncio in South Africa Says
The Apostolic Nuncio in South Africa has urged the people of God in the Southern African countries to look at the Synod on Synodality as a type of “council meeting”, which is “pastoral in nature”, and not some kind of parliamentary discussion.
Harsh Treatment of Zimbabwean Migrants Worries Catholic Bishops in South Africa
A South African Bishop has expressed concern about the “inhumane” manner in which Zimbabweans are being treated in the country since the South African government announced plans to stop the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) which was implemented in 2017 to regularize the stay of undocumented Zimbabweans.
Catholic Archbishop in South Africa Says Late Anglican Archbishop was Courageous Leader
The Catholic Archbishop of South Africa’s Johannesburg Archdiocese has described the late Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu as a courageous leader who fought for the rights of the vulnerable in society.
Southern Africa Bishops “deeply” Concerned about South Africa’s Planned Oil Exploration
Catholic Bishops in Southern Africa have said they are “deeply” concerned about the planned exploration of oil and gas reserves in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
Catholic Peace Entity Decries Army’s Hostility Toward Natives in Cameroonian Crisis
Military personnel serving in Cameroon’s Northwestern part have been accused of destroying civilians’ crops and using them as “human shields” to protect themselves against the separatist fighters in the country’s embattled Anglophone regions.
What Christian Leaders in Southern Africa have Gathered about Eswatini’s Ongoing Unrest
Representatives of the Fellowship of Christian Councils of Southern Africa (FOCCISA) who were on a four-day solidarity pastoral visit to the Kingdom of Eswatini have gathered that the people of God in the country are going through “a very painful and traumatizing period” due to the ongoing unrest.
Give Unemployed Youths Electoral Jobs: South African Catholic Justice and Peace Commission
The Justice and Peace Commission (JPC) of South Africa’s Catholic Archdiocese of Johannesburg is proposing the engagement of unemployed young people in the country to oversee future elections in the country by giving them various positions in the electoral process.
Catholic Peace Entity Raises Alarm Over New IDP Influx in Mozambican City
The leadership of the Catholic peace and charity foundation, Denis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), is concerned that more Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are arriving in Nampula, a city in Northeastern Mozambique amid reports that peace is returning in the embattled Cabo Delgado Province in the North.
Engage “renowned negotiators, mediators” to End Instability in Eswatini: Catholic Bishop
If any planned dialogue toward an end to the growing instability in Eswatini is to result in “an acceptable agreement,” there is need for the parties in conflict to engage notable “negotiators and mediators”, a Catholic Bishop in South Africa has said.
Catholic Peace Foundation Expresses Concerns about Growing Instability in Eswatini
The leadership of the Catholic charity and peace foundation, Denis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), has expressed concerns about the protracted political instability characterized by demonstrations and violence in Eswatini.
Catholic Bishops in Africa among Leaders Urging G20 to “consign fossil fuels to history”
Catholic Bishops in Africa are among the dozens of Church leaders who have petitioned the intergovernmental forum of 19 countries and the European Union (EU) – the G20 – ahead of its meeting later this month “to keep fossil fuels in the ground”.
“Vote according to your conscience”: Southern African Bishops Ahead of Municipal Polls
Eligible voters in South Africa have been urged to vote at the forthcoming municipal elections according to their conscience.
Catholic Bishops in Southern Africa Urge Change in Eswatini’s Governance to Tame Violence
Members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) are calling on the government of Eswatini to listen to the cry of the people and to phase out absolute monarchy, which has been blamed for the violence and insecurity in the country.
Interrogate Approaches to Widowhood in South Africa, “root out hostile” Traditions: Priest
There is need to interrogate cultural approaches to widowhood in South Africa view of rooting out traditions that are at odds with the teaching of the Church, a Catholic Priest has said.
Relief as Life Returns to Parts of Northern Mozambique: Catholic Peace Entity
Photographs taken by Catholic Peace and charity foundation Denis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI) on various streets of Mocimboa da Praia, a town in Northern Mozambique, suggest that life is returning to the town that has been under the control of insurgents belonging to Al Sunnah wa Jama’ah for months.
Make Efforts to Build “a peaceful, just” Eswatini: Regional Catholic Bishops to Premier
There is need for the people of God in the Kingdom of Eswatini to understand the severity of the instability in their nation and make conscious efforts to build “a peaceful and just society”, the leadership of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has said.
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