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Circular Letter of the Archdiocese of Windhoek

KM 357 /08/ 2024 | August - December 2024
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For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11

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‘Peace is possible,’ Pope Leo XIV says after visits to Turkey and Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the Angelus on December 7, 2025. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 7, 2025 / 09:00 [...]

You heard of the popemobile, now meet the papal lawn mower

Pope Leo XIV receives an electric lawn mower from Czech manufacturer Swardman during a general audience in mid-November 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Swardman Rome Newsroom, Dec 7, 2025 [...]

Christ Pratt to release documentary on tomb of St. Peter

Chris Pratt speaks at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International for “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. / Credit: Gage [...]

New Slovak Virgin Mary mosaic highlights spiritual bonds between Slovakia and Vatican

Archbishop Bernard Bober of Košice, president of the Slovak Bishops’ Conference, blesses the new mosaic of Our Lady of Sorrows in the Vatican Gardens at a ceremony attended by Slovak [...]

5 things to know and share about St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas, by Jaroslav Čermák (1831-1878). / Credit: Galerie Art Praha via Wikimedia (public domain) Vatican City, Dec 6, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). St. Nicholas, whose feast day is [...]

Middle East & African News
Youth, migrant workers, and peacekeepers reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Lebanon

Joseph Karam (far left) arrived with his parents, his aunt and uncle, and a group of about 90 Lebanese-Americans from across the United States — all drawn by the significance [...]

DR Congo’s bishops announce construction of national shrine honoring Blessed Anuarite

The president of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) has announced the construction of a national shrine dedicated to Blessed Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta, a Congolese sister beatified in August [...]

Nigerian foundation defends Catholic bishop after remarks about Christian genocide

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto is the founder of The Kukah Centre, a Nigeria-based public policy institute. / Credit: The Kukah Centre ACI Africa, Dec [...]

Pope Leo XIV lands in Rome after historic first papal trip to Turkey and Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV interacts with a baby before celebrating Mass in Beirut, Lebanon, on Dec. 2, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media. CNA Staff, Dec 2, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). [...]

Brother of Beirut explosion victim speaks ahead of Pope Leo IV’s visit to blast site

A picture shows a view of the destroyed Beirut port silos on Aug. 1, 2025, as Lebanon prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of the Aug. 4, 2020, harbor explosion [...]

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Prayer of the Day

O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, didst prepare a worthy dwelling place for thy Son, we beseech thee that, as by the foreseen death of this, thy Son, thou didst preserve her from all stain, so too thou wouldst permit us, purified through her intercession, to come unto thee. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son, who livest and reignest with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen. [...]

Saint of the Day
St. Ambrose

St. Ambrose Feast date: Dec 07 Today the Catholic Church celebrates the memory of St. Ambrose, the brilliant Bishop of Milan who influenced St. Augustine's conversion and was named a [...]

Daily Readings

Reading 1: Genesis 3:20, Reading 1: Genesis 3:9-15, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 98:1-4, Gospel: Luke 1:26-38, Reading 2: Ephesians 1:11-12, Reading 2: Ephesians 1:3-6 [...]