Enjoy this panorama video of St Mary’s Cathedral, Cape Town. It is a 360VR pic. Click the full screen button on the picture (rhs button), then with the mouse pointer on the picture, press left mouse button down and drag left, right, up and down.

By Fr Russell Pollitt, S.J. I am a ‘white’ South African. I am angry. I am disillusioned. I cannot believe that one stupid, senseless, racist fool could throw a country backwards, into a vicious circle of despair, because she splashed her bigoted, undignified and racist views on Facebook. It’s utterly unacceptable. Penny Sparrow’s racist comment […]

Archbishop Brislin is at present part of an international group of Bishops visiting various parts of the Holy Land with a view to supporting the work of the church in very troubling conditions, especially through prayer. It also seeks to do advocacy in support of the Church’s commitment to justice and peace in the region. […]

“THE PURSUIT OF COMMON GOOD MUST BE THE PRIMARY GOAL” The Jesuit Institute South Africa joins the chorus of voices from all sectors of South African society expressing serious concern over the removal of Nhlanha Nene as the country’s Minister of Finance. This move, announced by President Jacob Zuma, spells disaster for the stability of […]

Celebrating the richness of Music and Voice, Concert in a Convent Garden will take place on 31 January 2016 at 17.30 in the gardens of Springfield Convent in Wynberg. It will take the form of an outdoor picnic concert in the late afternoon where you can enjoy a glass of wine and delicacies from the […]

“Live God’s Mercy so that the Church is Credible!” 8 December 2015 The Catholic Church throughout the world formally begins the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy today, 8 December, Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Pope Francis invites the whole Church to refashion itself as a place not of judgment or condemnation but of pardon and […]

At the beginning of the week Pope Francis ended a six-day apostolic visit to our continent. He visited Kenya, Uganda and the war-torn Central African Republic (CAR). In all three countries large numbers turned out, lining streets – often rows deep – to see the Pope. Pope Francis is the first pope in living memory […]

The Child Safeguarding Policy of the Archdiocese of Cape Town was implemented by Archbishop Stephen Brislin at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council (APC) on Saturday 21st November 2015. Attached for download is a PDF of the Child Safeguarding Policy itself, together with a presentation and supplements discussed at the meeting. [gview file=”http://adct.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/child-safeguarding-policy.pdf”] [gview file=”http://adct.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Archdiocese-of-Cape-Town-CSP-APC-20-11-15.pdf”] [gview file=”http://adct.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/A-CSP-Parish-Supplement-partial-20-11-15.pdf”] […]

This article on the 2015 Synod was written by Archbishop Stephen Brislin for the Sunday Argus on 29 October 2015. “God did not create the human being to live in sadness or to be alone, but for happiness, to share his path with another person that is complementary”. These words of Pope Francis at the […]

On 11 November 2015, the Sacred Heart Society of the Archdiocese of Cape Town presented Archbishop Stephen Brislin with a cheque for R20 000 towards the Archbishop’s Building Fund. With him is Fr Nkululeko Qokolo, chaplain to the Sacred Heart Society.