The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has issued a statement on the challenge of land in South Africa signed by the President of the Conference, Archbishop Stephen Brislin. The bishops say that the land consultations held throughout the cou... More »
The issue of women in ordained ministry in the Catholic Church is one which evokes very strong feelings among Catholics but also beyond the Church. The official position of the Roman Catholic Church is that women can never be ordained to the priesthood. The on... More »
In the aftermath of Zimbabwe’s elections, in which six persons died, a leading educationist, Jesuit Fr Joe Arimoso says to Vatican News that it is now left to the Church to pick up the pieces. After the “soft coup” which saw the stepping down of Zimbabwe’s for... More »
Jesuit priest-academic and ethicist, Anthony Egan, recently returned from Bosnia-Herzegovina where he attended The Third International Conference of Catholic Theological Ethics in a World Church. As he reports, the conference offered theologians the world over... More »
It is easy to despair in the face of what seems to be an unending battle against gender-based violence. Our Catholic faith, however, requires that we press on and see the face of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the face of every battered and abused woman writes Fik... More »
At the annual August plenary of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’, taking place in Mariannhill, KwaZulu Natal, the bishop of the diocese of Mthatha, Sithembele Sipuka was elected president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC). On S... More »
Archbishop Stephen Brislin gave his address as the leader of the Southern African bishops at their usual August plenary in KwaZulu Natal. This plenary will provide a space for the bishops to discuss economic transformation and land reform. It is expected that ... More »
In a letter to bishops from the Prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Luis Ladaria, it was announced yesterday on the Feast of St Alphonsus Liguori, that the Church has recognised a development in understanding and protecting the d... More »
On the feast day of St. Ignatius Loyola, Basilian priest, Fr Thomas Rosica, reflects on St Ignatius and his impact on Pope Francis. Today on the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, I offer you the following reflections about this ... More »
The day before leaving South Africa, Fr Bryan Massingale shared his reflections on his visit to South Africa. He was hosted by the Jesuit Institute to deliver their annual Winter Living Theology lecture series in Southern Africa. He described his time in South... More »
In this second part, of a two-part exclusive series, Fr Anthony Egan, a Jesuit moral theologian and ethicist at The Jesuit Institute South Africa, does a socio-historical reading of one of the most contentious of the Church’s documents in the modern period – H... More »
Today, 50 years ago, the encyclical Humanae Vitae was released. In a two-part exclusive series, Fr Anthony Egan, a Jesuit moral theologian and ethicist at The Jesuit Institute South Africa, makes a socio-historical reading of one of the most contentious of the... More »
