Leaders from nearly 200 nations are meeting for the Dec. 7-19 U.N. Biodiversity Conference known as COP15. With scientists warning that the loss of nature is accelerating at dangerous speeds, Catholic activists are urging nations at the biodiversity conference in Montreal to act to protect life on earth at all levels.
Commenting on the statement by the Bishops, Advocate Hoffman, the Director of Institute of Accountability, has thanked the bishops “for the support and succour you have given to this most vital campaign.” He also expressed hope that “others in the faith sector would catch up with the Catholic bishops.”
In his lifetime, with his clarity of thought driven by compassion, was a beacon of hope for the poor and oppressed in a world and a country that is still characterised by gross inequality and injustice.
Pope Francis has accepted the retirement of Bishop Pius Mlungisi Dlungwane of the Catholic Diocese of Mariannhill in South Africa and appointed his successor.
There is need for members of the Clergy and women and men Religious serving in countries that constitute the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) to be available to young people, listening to them as they seek to surmount challenges of life, Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka has said.