VEYM LEAGUE OF CHAPTERS
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time First reading Malachi 3:19-20 For you the sun of righteousness will shine out The day is coming now, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and the evil-doers will be like stubble. The day that is coming is going to burn them up, says the Lord of Hosts, leaving … Read moreSun 16 November
Mario TomassettiPope Leo meets with people in the movie industry, including well-known actors, on Nov. 15. Leo encouraged those in attendance to be ‘artisans of hope.’ Read More
Pope Leo XIV greets Vancouver Archbishop Richard Smith at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Pope Leo’s gift is part of the observance of the Jubilee Year 2025. Read More
Gary BlakelyU.S. Supreme Court The petition to the high court comes after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit ruled in September that Colorado may continue to exclude Catholic preschools from its Universal Preschool Program because of their religious beliefs. Read More
President Donald Trump signs an executive order related to foster care and foster parents on Nov. 13, 2025. The order aims to ‘increase partnerships between agencies and faith-based organizations and houses of worship to serve families.’ Read More
A painting of St. John Paul II hangs in the Cathedral of San Rufino in Assisi, Italy. The title character, an American priest asked by the Vatican to investigate the sanctification of the pontiff who was proclaimed a saint in 2014, will be played by actor Mark Ruffalo. Read More
Simone RisolutiPope Leo waves to the crowd in attendance for his Nov. 12 general audience. TV PICKS 11.16.25 Read More
Jonathan WeissPlanned Parenthood facility in Indianapolis. Planned Parenthood has closed 20 facilities since federal defunding earlier this year following a round of nearly 50 other closures. Read More
Rick MicKinney and his granddaughter, Theresa, named after his departed wife Learn how a retired widower manifests his gift of service in innumerable ways, for his good and the good of others, thanks to charisms. Read More
Reading I Wisdom 18:14-16; 19:6-9 When peaceful stillness compassed everything and the night in its swift course was half spent, Your all-powerful word, from heaven’s royal throne bounded, a fierce warrior, into the doomed land, bearing the sharp sword of your inexorable decree. And as he alighted, he filled every place with death; he still … Read moreSaturday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time