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Cardinal Wilfrid Napier speaks to EWTN News in Rome on Monday, May 26, 2025.

Cardinal Napier: Church in Africa must ‘bring people together’ to overcome racial divides

May 28, 2025

South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier told EWTN this week that the Catholic Church in South Africa can lead in helping... Read more

The Justice and Peace Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference has called for “racial reconciliation” in response to ongoing land reform disputes between South Africa and the United States government.

Bishops in South Africa urge racial healing as Trump condemns country’s land policy

Feb 21, 2025

By Silas Isenjia

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference has called for “racial reconciliation” in response to ongoing tension between South Africa and... Read more

Passes received at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg.

For South Africa's bishops, the Year of Mercy is a time to heal racial division

Mar 11, 2016

Repentance, spiritual healing, and hard conversations are necessary to respond to racism and racial divisions, the bishops of South Africa... Read more

Nelson Mandela greets Pope John Paul II on his arrival at the airport in Johannesburg on September 16, 1995.

Mandela’s legacy is one of 'reconciliation,' priest says

Dec 6, 2013

By Elise Harris

In wake of the passing of Nelson Mandela, spokesman for South Africa’s Episcopal Conference lauded his political achievements, stating that... Read more