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Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier (right), Bishop Sithembele Sipuka (center), and Cardinal-designate Stephen Brislin (left). Credit: SACBC

“Historic”: Catholic Bishops in South Africa on Naming of Country’s Second Cardinal

Aug 24, 2023

For the first time in the history of South Africa, the country will have two Cardinals after Cardinal-designate Stephen Brislin, the Archbishop of Cape Town, is elevated to the highest rank in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Wilfrid Napier speaks at the Vatican Press Office on Oct 14 2014. Credit Bohumil Petrik/CNA

Cardinal in Africa Condemns “outlawing prayer” in UK ahead of Coronation of Charles III

May 4, 2023

Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier has criticized policies of the West, including bans on prayers in zones around abortion clinics in the United Kingdom (UK) ahead of the coronation of King Charles III.

Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier. Credit: SACBC

Hostility to Migrants “blatant violation” of God’s Commandments: Cardinal in South Africa

Apr 19, 2023

The refusal to accept migrants in South Africa goes against “divine commandment” and the Christian call to give special consideration to “the stranger, the widow, and the orphan”, Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier has said.

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