The Revolutionary Becomes a Martyr
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
Day: November 16, 2025
Nov. 15 Saturday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Albert the Great, Bishop & Doctor of the Church, Opt. Mem.
Today the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Albert the Great (c. 1200-1280), son of a German nobleman. While studying at Padua when the Master General of the Dominicans, Jordan of Saxony, succeeded in attracting him to that Order. He was to become one of its greatest glories. After taking his degrees at the … Read more
Pope Leo XIV visits new health clinic for the poor under St. Peter’s colonnade
New outpatient clinic for people in need in St. Peter’s Square. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 14, 2025 / 16:50 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Nov. 14 visited a new outpatient clinic in the Vatican, built beneath the colonnade of St. Peter’s Square, in the lead-up to the ninth World Day … Read more
St. Albert the Great
St. Albert the Great Feast date: Nov 15 St. Albert the Great is a Doctor of the Church and the patron saint of scientists. The native German joined the newly formed Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in the early 13th century. He earned a doctorate from the University of Paris and taught theology there and in … Read more
Pope Leo XIV praises the ‘silent and hidden love’ of cloistered nuns
Pope Leo XIV receives cloistered Augustinian nuns at the Vatican on Nov. 13, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 14, 2025 / 15:43 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV praised the “silent and hidden love” of cloistered nuns who, he said, are free from the slavery of society’s focus on outward appearances. Focusing … Read more