In this pastoral letter, our Bishops provide guidelines for voting in the 2024 National and Provincial elections. [pdf-embedder url=”https://adct.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/SACBC-Pastoral-Letter-on-2024-Elections.1.pdf”] DOWNLOAD

Commissioners Navi Pillay, Chris Sidoti, Giuseppe Calanduccii (co-ordinator of the Commission), Cardinal Brislin and Fr Peter-John Pearson attended a meeting on Gaza, West Bank, East Jerusalem and Israel.

King Letsie III of Lesotho and his wife, Queen Masenate paid a courtesy visit to Cardinal Stephen Brislin at the Chancery in Cape Town, and had a fruitful discussion. They were later joined by Bishop Sylvester David OMI (far left) and Fr Peter-John Pearson (far right).

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference issued this communique from their Plenary Session, which ended on 30 January 2024. [pdfjs-viewer url=”https://adct.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SACBC-Communique-30-January-2024.pdf” attachment_id=”17891″ viewer_width=100% viewer_height=800px fullscreen=true download=true print=true]  

Dear Bishop, Fathers, Deacons, Sisters, Brothers Yesterday I received information from the Latin Patriarch, His Beatitude Cardinal Pizzaballa, and from Vatican News, about an attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza and on the Centre for Disabled Children that is run by the Missionaries of Charity in Gaza. I have celebrated and concelebrated […]

Cardinal Stephen Brislin celebrated his election as Cardinal at a special Mass with the clergy of the Archdiocese of Cape Town at Immaculate Conception, Parow on 1st November. Attached below is the homily preached by Fr Robert Bissell.