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Pope Francis has announced the appointment of Bishop Abel Gabuza as Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban. The news was communicated to Gabuza on 26 November 2018 by the Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa, Archbishop Peter Wells. Gabuza is currently serving as bishop o... More »
Paddy Kearney’s funeral mass will be celebrated by Cardinal Wilfrid Napier at Emmanuel Cathedral in Durban on Saturday, 1 December 2018. Cathy Murugan, a Sister of the Holy Family of Bordeaux, who worked with Paddy at the Denis Hurley Centre offers a tribute t... More »
Douglas Irvine remembers his friend, the much respected and loved social justice activist, champion of the poor and faithful Christian, Paddy Kearney, who died unexpectedly last Friday, 23 November 2018 in his home city of Durban. Paddy Kearney died quite une... More »
A tribute to Jesuit priest Victor-Luke Odhiambo who was slain while serving at a teachers’ training college in South Sudan. Francis Anyanzu SJ, a Ugandan-born Jesuit priest now living and studying in South Africa, reflects on his life of service in a remote pl... More »
The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in Africa and Madagascar condemn the brutal murder of Victor-Luke Odhiambo SJ. Odhiambo was a Jesuit priest working in Cueibet, South Sudan. The Jesuits in Africa “call for justice, reconciliation, peace and a complete disarmame... More »
Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Fr Arturo Sosa, officially announced that the process for the beatification of one of his predecessors, Fr Pedro Arrupe, has been opened. Sosa made the announcement on 14 November 2018 – the 111th birth anniversary of ... More »
Catholic communicators from the nine southern African countries represented by the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops in Southern Africa (IMBISA) were put through their paces during an intensive three-day IMBISA Media and Communications Workshop held in Benoni,... More »
A story told by a co-presenter at a recent workshop that Ricardo da Silva SJ was involved with impacted him greatly. It triggered an experience he had had in a conversation with a group of young people. He reflects on the stories he heard and how they spoke to... More »
Did you know there are countries in our world where it is a crime to be gay? A Tanzanian governor has declared war on gay people, setting up a special operations team in his police force to track down gays and jail them for life, for being who they are. Fikile... More »
Br Alois Löser is the Prior of the ecumenical Community of Taizé in France. Next year he will visit South Africa where his community will host a gathering called “The Pilgrimage of Trust on Earth”. Some brothers are already living in Cape Town preparing for th... More »
Fr Sylvester David OMI has been appointed to lead the Oblate School of Theology in the USA. He will be the first African to hold the top post at the US institution. Matthew Charlesworth SJ spoke to him ahead of his move to the USA to take up this important wor... More »
In a powerful homily at the ordination of four new priests, the Archbishop of Johannesburg addressed the sexual abuse of minors. He said that there is outrage against the Catholic Church’s hierarchy for its complicity, silence and cover-ups. He said that abuse... More »
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