NCBC Pastoral Letter on the Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi“Pilgrims of Peace and Care for Creation in Namibia”
As the Universal Church observes the special Year of St. Francis of Assisi, from January…
The Namibian Catholic Bishops Conference, established in 1996, is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in Namibia. The NCBC is a member of the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa and Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar.



As the Universal Church observes the special Year of St. Francis of Assisi, from January…
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,O. INTRODUCTIONAt this winter season, I wish all of you…
“Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you…

Controversy over Bishop Robert Barron's acceptance of a 2025 award from a German Catholic institution resurfaced this week. [...]

The 2008 Vatican document Dignitas Personae affirmed the dignity and rights of frozen embryos and expressed reservations about proposals for prenatal adoption. [...]

The number of women on the commission has increased from five to eight, including five laywomen, raising the total number of lay representatives to eight — double that of the [...]

A Lilly Endowment grant is open to Catholic campus ministries, St. Carlo Acutis’ mother gifts Franciscan University with a relic of her son, and more in this week’s Catholic education [...]

The pontiff holds a doctorate in canon law, a background that notably shapes his vision of Church governance. [...]

Controversy over Bishop Robert Barron's acceptance of a 2025 award from a German Catholic institution resurfaced this week. [...]

The 2008 Vatican document Dignitas Personae affirmed the dignity and rights of frozen embryos and expressed reservations about proposals for prenatal adoption. [...]

The number of women on the commission has increased from five to eight, including five laywomen, raising the total number of lay representatives to eight — double that of the [...]

A Lilly Endowment grant is open to Catholic campus ministries, St. Carlo Acutis’ mother gifts Franciscan University with a relic of her son, and more in this week’s Catholic education [...]

The pontiff holds a doctorate in canon law, a background that notably shapes his vision of Church governance. [...]
He who prays is certain to be saved; while he who prays not is certain to be damned. All the saints were saved, and came to be saints by praying; all the accursed souls in hell were lost through neglect of prayer; if they had prayed, it is certain that they would not have been lost. And this will be one of the greatest occasions of their anguish in hell, the thought that they might have saved themselves so easily; that they had only to beg God to help them, but that now the time is past when ... [...]