Day: November 14, 2025
Nov. 13 Memorial of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin (USA), Memorial
Today the dioceses in the United States celebrate the Memorial of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917), virgin, born in Lombardy, Italy, one of thirteen children. She came to America as a missionary, founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart to care for poor children in schools and hospitals. She is the first American citizen … Read more
Pope Leo XIV highlights example of Argentine businessman Enrique Shaw
Servant of God Enrique Shaw. / Credit: Acdeano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Nov 13, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV honored the late Argentine businessman Enrique Shaw as one whose life demonstrates that “one can be both an entrepreneur and a saint” and that “economic efficiency and fidelity to the … Read more
Vatican bank reinstates couple fired for violating prohibition on married employees
The Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican bank. / Credit: Andrea Gagliarducci/CNA Vatican City, Nov 13, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA). The Vatican bank has rehired a married couple fired last year for breaking the financial institution’s internal regulations forbidding workplace marriages. The Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR) … Read more
St. Frances Cabrini
St. Frances Cabrini Feast date: Nov 13 On November 13, the universal Church honors St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, an Italian missionary who spent much of her life working with Italian immigrants in the United States. Mother Cabrini, who had a deathly fear of water and drowning, crossed the Atlantic Ocean more than 30 times in … Read more