Sheila Leocádia Pires is a Mozambican media practitioner  with over 19 years of experience in Catholic journalism. She is the first woman to be appointed Communications Officer of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) which is composed of Botswana, Eswatini (former Swaziland), and South Africa. She has been a Vatican News collaborator since 2018. Ms. Pires was a member of the Communications team of the African Synod on Synodality Continental phase. She is also a member of the Continental Organising Committee of The Pan-African Episcopal Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS) Golden Jubilee. Ms Pires is a Synod delegate and Communication Secrecretary  Synodal Assembly.