The planned Ad Limina Visit of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference () is a 'symbolic expression of the unity of bishops with the Pope,' the President of the has said. In a message shared with the communications office, Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of Mthatha Diocese said the Ad Limina visit 'is a symbolic expression of the unity of bishops with the Pope, who is the first among equals in the College of Bishops, as Peter was among the apostles for this apostolic symbolic reason. The bishops also use the ad limina visit to pray at the tombs of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Rome.

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