Saturday, Nov. 7
Paintings: Left, San Diego, Zurbaran, 1640; right, San Diego in Ecstasy, Murillo, 1645.
ST. DIEGO DE ALCALA (Spain, 1400-1463) [Latinized name: Didacus]
Franciscan Brother
The California mission which became the city of San Diego is named
for this Franciscan who performed healing miracles while he worked
as an infirmarian at the convent of Ara Caeli in Rome, where he
attended the canonization of St. Bernardine of Siena. he spent the
rest of his life as a contemplative in Alcala de Henares, dying in
the odor of sanctity. His body also remained incorrupt.
OR today.
Papal stories in this issue: The Holy Father's audience with the President of Kazakhstan; and a new book on Benedict XVI's pastoral visits in Italy so far. Page 1 stories: The IAEA asks Iran to explain nuclear-arms-related tests, as IAEA head Mohamed El-Baradei concludes there is nothing to be concerned about the nuclear facility in Qom that the Iranians only disclosed recently; another optimistic headline that 'the US and Russia are closer to disarmament'; and an editorial commentary on current developments in biotechnology that favor human designing of 'supermen'.
THE POPE'S DAY
The Holy Father met today with
- Bishops of Brazil (South Sector-I, Group 2) on ad limina visit.
The Vatican released the Pope's message to the Pontifical Council for the Laity and participants in
a Nov. 6-7 seminar in Rome on "Sports, education, faith: Towards a new season in the Catholic sports movement".
Tomorrow, the Pope visits Brescia and Concesio in northern Italy.
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