“The joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age, especially those who are poor or in any way afflicted, these are the joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieties of the followers of Christ. Indeed, nothing genuinely human fails to raise an echo in their hearts.” (Gaudium et Spes 1).
At the heart of Church walking with the victims of structural justice in Africa is the school of prayer – Praying with them while listening to what God is telling us through their prayers. Praying includes a narrative approach to the healing of painful memories. They are encouraged to share their stories and then turn their stories into a spiritual reflection and prayer. The spiritual reflection and prayer represents the spirituality of seeing and encountering God through the eyes that have cried.
We are School of Synodality For the Church in the Streets
In the Church in Africa, we are blessed with many pastoral agents who have dedicated their lives to minister to a category of the poor that Pope Francis calls the discarded people of our time. These pastoral agents need our...
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Catholic Church asks for independent probe on Allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lt Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi
Allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lt Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi on July 6, 2025, implicating senior political figures and members of the South African Police Service, have prompted the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) to call for the mobilisation...
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Years of waiting. No housing allocation
Extension ten informal settlement is located on the outskirts of Tsakane informal settlement near Duduza. It is a vast informal settlement with over five hundred shacks and families who have been eagerly awaiting to be allocated RDP houses by the...
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