Nov. 26 Wednesday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday
The Roman Martyrology includes in commemoration:
Pope Leo centralizes oversight of St. Peter’s and St. Mary Major basilicas
The main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. / Credit: Jorge Royan (CC BY-SA 3.0). Vatican City, Nov 26, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has issued a new decree revising the financial and administrative norms governing the basilicas of St. Peter and St. Mary Major, bringing both institutions under the ordinary … Read more
Nov. 25 Tuesday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin & Martyr, Opt. Mem.
Today Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Catherine of Alexandria (d. 305). From time immemorial St. Catherine had been venerated at the monastery on Mount Sinai when, in the fifteenth century, the monks discovered her body. Legend has made of her a young Christian of Alexandria who rejected the advances of the Emperor Maximinus … Read more
Pope to give 2025 Ratzinger Prize to conductor Riccardo Muti at Christmas concert
Conductor Riccardo Muti has been awarded the 2025 Ratzinger Prize. / Credit: Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy Vatican City, Nov 25, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV will present the 2025 Ratzinger Prize to the renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti, one of the most influential and respected figures in international music, during a … Read more
Vatican defends monogamy against polygamy, polyamory
null / Credit: Alex Studio/Shutterstock Vatican City, Nov 25, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A new Vatican document defends marriage as a monogamous relationship amid the growing popularity of polyamory and addresses the pastoral challenges caused by conversion to Catholicism of people in polygamous situations. “One Flesh: In Praise of Monogamy” was published in Italian … Read more
St. Paul Le-Bao-Tinh—I am not alone — Christ is with me.
I am not alone — Christ is with me. — St. Paul Le-Bao-Tinh, Vietnamese martyr
Nov. 24 Memorial of St. Andrew Dung-Lac, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs, Memorial
Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Andrew Dung-Lac (1735-1839), priest and martyr, and companions, martyrs. St. Andrew was one of 117 people who were martyred in Vietnam between 1820 and 1862. The last of the martyrs were 17 laypersons, one of them a 9-year-old, executed in 1862.
Pope Leo XIV urges Christians to move beyond outdated theological disputes
Pope Leo XIV receives Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople at the Vatican on May 30, 2025. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 23, 2025 / 12:29 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has called on Christians to move beyond “theological controversies” that no longer serve the cause of unity and to rediscover together the faith professed at … Read more
PHOTOS: St. Cecilia, martyr and patron saint of music, rests in Roman basilica named for her
A close-up of the tomb of St. Ceclia at the basilica dedicated to her in Trastevere, Rome, Italy. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Nov 22, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). St. Cecilia, widely known as the patron saint of music and musicians, is buried in the Basilica of St. Cecilia in the Roman neighborhood … Read more