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…

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The Holy See Press Office confirmed that the Nov. 6-17, 2026 apostolic journey will proceed according to the previously published program. [...]

Bishops who attended the meeting and the prayer have stated they were invited by the White House Faith Office to discuss issues of importance to Catholics. [...]

María Corina Machado made her first public return to Venezuelan soil at the Archdiocesan Shrine of the Divine Shepherdess, in the city of Barquisimeto. [...]

King Charles III was given the title royal confrater and Pope Leo XIV was given the title papal confrater. [...]

Archbishop Hicks said the settlement puts the archdiocese “on the verge of being able to … bring some measure of healing and reconciliation to all victim-survivors.” [...]

The Holy See Press Office confirmed that the Nov. 6-17, 2026 apostolic journey will proceed according to the previously published program. [...]
Jesus, Lover of chastity, Mary, Mother most pure, and Joseph, chaste guardian of the Virgin, to you I come at this hour, begging you to plead with God for me. I earnestly wish to be pure in thought, word and deed in imitation of your own holy purity. Obtain for me, then, a deep sense of modesty which will be reflected in my external conduct. Protect my eyes, the windows of my soul, from anything that might dim the luster of a heart that must mirror only Christlike purity. And when the "Bread ... [...]