CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES OF POPE LEO XIV: SEPTEMBER 2025

 

Legend:

Red text: liturgical celebrations

Blue text: audiences and other commitments announced in advance

9.1 - 11.30 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the Opera San Francesco Group for the Poor of Milan

6 pm: Holy Mass for the beginning of the General Chapter of the Order of Saint Augustine in the Basilica of Saint Augustine in Campo Marzio

A telegram of condolence was sent by the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin on behalf of the Holy Father for the victims of the earthquake in Afghanistan.

9.2 - A telegram of condolence was sent by the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin on behalf of the Holy Father to Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali of El-Obeid for the victims of the landslide in Darfur (Sudan).

9.3 - Audience in the room adjacent to the Paul VI Hall for members of the "Joint Working Group" between the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches.

10 am: Wednesday General Audience at St. Peter's Square; appeal for the victims of the flooding in Sudan.

9.4 - Audience for Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel, and his entourage.

A telegram of condolence was sent by the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin on behalf of the Holy Father to Archbishop Rui Sousa Valerio, Patriarch of Lisbon, for the victims of the accident in Lisbon (Portugal).

9.5 - Audience for Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and entourage.

Audience for Ivan Velásquez Gómez, the new ambassador of Colombia to the Holy See.

Audience for Karol Nawrocki, President of the Republic of Poland, with his wife and entourage.

12 nn: Audience in the Consistory Hall for members of the Mediterranean Youth Council.

4 pm: Liturgy of the Word on the occasion of the official inauguration of the Borgo Laudato Si' in Castel Gandolfo

9.6 - 9.15 am: Audience in the Paul VI Hall for the participants in the Congress of the Pontifical International Marian Academy; joint recitation of the Ave Maria.

10 am: Jubilee Audience at St. Peter's Square in front of 25,000 faithful.

In the evening, the Pope made a surprise meeting in the Governorate square with members of the Vatican employees and their families participating in the "Family festival"; improvised speech.

9.7 - 10 am: Canonization of Blessed Piergiorgio Frassati and Blessed Carlo Acutis at St. Peter's Square; the Pope made a surprise appearance before the Mass and made an improvised speech to the gathered pilgrims; the Mass was attended by, among others, the niece of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati and the Acutis family.

12 nn: Angelus Domini

9.8 - Audience for Daniel Cellucci, President of the Catholic Leadership Institute.

Audience for Stephen M. Henley, President of “Legatus,” and entourage.

In the evening, the Holy Father went to Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo for a one-day rest.

9.9 - Message to the participants in the Interreligious Meeting, taking place from 6 to 12 September 2025, in Bangladesh.

In the afternoon, the Holy Father returned to the Vatican.

9.10 - 10 am: Wednesday General Audience

9.11 - 9 am: Meeting in the Synod Hall with the new Bishops ordained in the last year and the Bishops of the Mission Countries

9.12 - Audience for Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica, with his wife.

Audience for Maia Sandu, President of the Republic of Moldova, and entourage.

Audience for Fabio Panetta, Governor of the Bank of Italy.

Farewell audience for Aikaterini-Katia Georgiou, Ambassador of Greece.

12 nn: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the III World Meeting on Human Fraternity.

Videomessage on the occasion of the presentation of the Lampedusa project "Gestures of Welcome" for the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

9.13 - Audience for Members of the Joint Working Group between Vietnam and the Holy See.

Audience for Brian Francis Burch, the new ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See.

11.30 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the seminar promoted by the Pontifical Academy of Theology, which took place at Casina Pio IV from 11 to 12 September.

12 nn: Audience in St. Peter's Basilica for the Jubilee pilgrims from the Dioceses of Umbria.

A telegram was sent by the Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin on behalf of the Holy Father to the Metropolitan Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich on the occasion of the Thanksgiving Mass for the canonization of the Carmelite Nuns of Compiègne at Notre-Dame de Paris

9.14 - 70th Birthday of the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV

12 nn: Angelus Domini

5 pm: Ecumenical Celebration of the New Martyrs-Witnesses of the Faith in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls; at the conclusion of the liturgy, the Pope was greeted with birthday wishes from the representatives of the other Christian Churches and Communions in the sacristy and later the Cardinals in the Pinacoteca Hall.

9.15 - 11 am: Meeting in the Augustinianum with the participants in the General Chapter of the Order of Saint Augustine.

5 pm: Jubilee of Consolation: Prayer Vigil "Restoring Hope, Drying the Tears"

In the evening, the Holy Father went to Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo for a one-day rest.

9.16 - Audience for His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, and entourage.

A telegram of condolence was sent by the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin on behalf of the Holy Father to HM King Charles III on the occasion of the funeral of HRH Katharine, Duchess of Kent.

In the evening, the Holy Father returns to the Vatican.

9.17 - 10 am: Wednesday General Audience

Message to the participants of the 8th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, to be held in Astana (Kazakhstan) on 17 and 18 September 2025.

9.18 - The Holy Father visited the new Vatican Court Hall, created in the premises of the former Synodal Hall in the Apostolic Palace, where he was welcomed by the President of the Tribunal, Professor Venerando Marano, and by Professor Alessandro Diddi, Promoter of Justice.

Audience for Dr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and his entourage.

Audience for members of the Presidential Council of the Mexican Episcopal Conference.

12 nn: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the following General Chapters: Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood; Society of Mary; Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate; Ursulines of Mary Immaculate

9.19 - Audience for Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento, President of the Republic of Honduras and entourage.

11.15 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the participants in the meeting promoted by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), the Pontifical Academy for Life, and the John Paul II Institute.

6 pm: Liturgy of the Word for the opening of the new Pastoral Year of the Diocese of Rome in the Lateran Archbasilica.

9.20 - Audience for Maria Amélia Maio de Paiva, the new ambassador of Portugal to the Holy See.

Audience for a group of bishops from Bolivia.

12 nn: Jubilee of the Operators of Justice: Jubilee Catechesis in St. Peter's Square.

Video message sent on the occasion of the ALS Walk for Life in Chicago (USA), a large gathering dedicated to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), thanks to which funds are raised for essential treatments and research.

9.21 - 10 am: Holy Mass in the Pontifical Parish of Sant'Anna in the Vatican.

12 nn: Angelus Domini

9.22 - Audience for Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, with his wife.

11.15 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the participants in the General Chapters of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres; Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate; Sisters of St. Catherine, Virgin and Martyr; Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Holy Land. 

11.45 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for a group of Indonesians resident in Rome, who came on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis to Indonesia and the 75th anniversary of the diplomatic relations with the Holy See.

A telegram was sent by the Holy Father to Dr. Riccardo Di Segni, Chief Rabbi of Rome, on the occasion of Rosh Ha-Shanah, Yom Kippur and Sukko.

9.23 - The Pope stayed in Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo for a one-day rest, returning to the Vatican at night.

9.24 - 10 am: Wednesday General Audience

9.25 - 11 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the members of the College of Writers of the magazine “La Civiltà Cattolica.”

9.26 - Audience for Engineer John Elkann, Chairman of Stellantis, with his wife.

Audience for Margaret Karram, President of the Focolare Movement with Jesús Morán Cepedano, Co-President

A telegram of condolence after the death of Cardinal Lucian Mureşan, Major Archbishop of Făgăraş și Alba Iulia of the Romanians, was sent to Bishop Cristian Dumitru Crişan and to the Members of the Synod of Bishops of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church.

9.27 - 10 am: Jubilee Audience

9.28 - 10.30 am: Jubilee of Catechists: Holy Mass in St. Peter's Square during which the Holy Father instituted 39 Catechists from 16 countries.

12 nn: Angelus Domini

9.29 - Audience for Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and entourage.

10.30 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the members of the “Working Group on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue.”

Audience for Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, and entourage.

9.30 - The Pope stayed in Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo for a one-day rest, returning to the Vatican at night.

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For previous months of the activities of Pope Leo XIV:

2025:

May

June

July

August

CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES OF THE HOLY FATHER POPE LEO XIV: AUGUST 2025

Legend:

Red text: liturgical celebrations

Blue text: audiences and other commitments announced in advance

Green text: period of rest / Apostolic Journeys

August

8.1 - Audience for Dr. Qu Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and his entourage.

Audience for Dr. Gian Franco Mammì, Director General of the Institute for the Works of Religion.

8.2 - 12 nn: Audience in the Clementine Hall for artists performing at the youth meeting at Tor Vergata; improvised speech.

3 pm: Audience in the Small Room of the Paul VI Hall for the young Egyptian pilgrims, schoolmates of eighteen-year-old Pascale Rafic, who died on the journey from Egypt to Rome to participate in the Jubilee of Youth.

8.30 pm: Jubilee of Youth: Presiding over the Prayer Vigil with Young People at Tor Vergata; the Pope carried the Jubilee Cross together with several young people towards the stage. Liturgy of the Word; speech during which the Holy Father answered three questions from different youth about friendship, courage to choose, and the call to do good; Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction; speech at the end thanking the musicians.

8.3 - Improvised greeting to young people after arriving at Tor Vergata.

9 am: Holy Mass at Tor Vergata for the conclusion of the Jubilee of Youth
12 nn: Angelus Domini; improvised speech after the Mass.

8.4 - In the evening, visit to Ignacio González, a young Spaniard who came to Rome for the Jubilee of Youth and was recently admitted to the Bambino Gesù Hospital.

A telegram of condolence was sent by the Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on behalf of the Holy Father for the victims of the shipwreck of a vessel off the coast of Yemen.

Message to the participants in the 36th Youth Festival in Medjugorje, which takes place from 4 to 8 August.

8.5 - Message sent to Msgr. Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S., Bishop of Hiroshima, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings.

8.6 - Video message to the Pan-African Catholic Network of Theology and Pastoral Care on the occasion of its Third Congress.

Video message for the participants of the 143rd Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus

10 am: Wednesday General Audience; Appeal on the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing in Japan.

8.7 - A telegram of condolence was sent by the Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on behalf of the Holy Father to Bishop Matthew K. Gyamfi, Bishop of Sunyani and President of the Episcopal Conference of Ghana, for the victims of the helicopter crash in the Republic of Ghana.

8.9 - A telegram of condolence after the death of Cardinal Estanislao Esteban Karlic, Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Parana, was sent to Archbishop Raúl Martín.

The Holy Father appointed Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, O.P., Archbishop Emeritus of Vienna, as his representative for the celebration of the 350th anniversary of the dedication of the Chapel of the Black Madonna of St. Mary at Kupfergasse in Cologne, Germany, to be held on Sunday, 14 September 2025.

8.10 - 12 nn: Angelus Domini

8.11 - Audience for Philémon Yang, President of the 79th United Nations General Assembly, and entourage.

8.13 - 10 am: Wednesday General Audience at Paul VI Hall; greeting the faithful gathered outside the hall and in St. Peter's Basilica, improvised speeches.

In the afternoon, transfer by car to Castel Gandolfo

8.14 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

8.15 - Solemnity of the Assumption

Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

Message to the participants in the Social Week 2025, hosted in Lima, Peru, from 14 to 16 August,

10 am: Holy Mass in the Pontifical Parish of San Tommaso da Villanova 

12 nn: Angelus Domini in Piazza della Libertà

Message to the Oblate Sisters of St. Francesca Romana of Tor de' Specchi on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the Oblation of their foundress, St. Francesca Romana.

8.16 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

8.17 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

9.30 am: Holy Mass at the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Rotonda in Albano with the poor assisted by the Diocese and the Diocesan Caritas workers.

12 nn: Angelus Domini in Piazza della Libertà

1 pm: Lunch with the poor assisted by the Diocese of Albano and with the workers of the Diocesan Caritas, at Borgo Laudato si', in the Gardens of the Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo; improvised greeting.

8.18 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

8.19 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

In the morning, a private visit to the Marian Shrine of Madonna delle Grazie in Mentorella in the village of Guadangolo, 65 km southeast of Rome.

In the evening, return to the Vatican

8.20 - 10 am: Wednesday General Audience

A Telegram was sent by the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, on behalf of the Holy Father Leo XIV to Fr. Oscar Pinto, Rector of the Fundacion Universitaria San Alfonso for the participants in the XVII International Congress of Moral Theology, taking place in Bogota from 20 to 21 August 2025.

8.21 - Message sent by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin on behalf of the Holy Father to the participants in the XLVI Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, which will take place in Rimini from 22 to 27 August 2025.

8.22 - Audience for Wavel Ramkalawan, President of the Republic of Seychelles, with his wife and entourage.

Message to the participants in the Ecumenical Week in Stockholm (18-24 August 2025) on the centenary of the Ecumenical Meeting of 1925.

8.23 - 10.30 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the International Catholic Legislators Network.

11 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the participants in the General Chapters of four Institutes: the Missionary Daughters of the Holy Family; the Institute of the Apostles of the Holy Family; the Sisters of Nazareth; and the Sisters of Charity of Saint Mary.

12 nn: Audience in the Hall of Popes for the Delegation of the “Chagos Refugees Group” of Port Louis (Mauritius).

The Holy Father appointed Cardinal Claudio Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Oriental Churches, as his representative to the centenary celebrations of the Diocese of Pinsk (Belarus) on 18 October 2025.

The Holy Father appointed Cardinal Dominik Duka, OP, Archbishop Emeritus of Prague, as his representative for the centenary of the establishment of the Archdiocese of Gdańsk (Poland), which will be held at Oliwa Cathedral on 14 October 2025.

The Holy Father appointed Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, OFM, Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, as his representative for the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Archdiocese of Cape Coast and of the Archdioceses of Accra, Kumasi, and Tamale and the Diocese of Keta-Akatsi (Ghana), to be held in Cape Coast on 25 October 2025.

8.24 - 12 nn: Angelus Domini

8.25 - Audience for Mohamed Abdelsalam, Secretary General of the Zayed Prize for Human Fraternity.

Audience for Antonio Tajani, Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic.

11.30 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for a group of Altar Servers from France.

8.26 - The theme for the 59th World Day of Peace is announced: "Peace be with you all: Towards an 'unarmed and disarming' peace."

8.27 - 10 am: Wednesday General Audience; appeal for peace in the Holy Land

A telegram of condolence was sent by the Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on behalf of the Holy Father to Archbishop Bernard Hebda, Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, for the victims of the shooting that occurred at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis (U.S.A.).

8.28 - Audience for Isidor Marcel Sene, the new Ambassador of Senegal to the Holy See.

10.45am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for a delegation of political figures from the Diocese of Créteil in France.

8.29 - Video message of thanks on the occasion of the awarding of the Medal of St. Augustine, conferred by the Augustinian Province of St. Thomas of Villanova (United States of America) to the Holy Father.

Audience for Ward Fitzgerald, President of the "Papal Foundation."

Audience for Matteo Salvini, Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport of the Italian Republic, and his entourage.

11 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the members of the "Escuelas de Evangelización “San Andrés”

8.30 - Audience for Andrea Riccardi, Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio.

Audience for Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, and his entourage.

8.31 - 12 nn: Angelus Domini

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For previous months of the activities of Pope Leo XIV:

2025:

May

June

July

CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES OF THE HOLY FATHER POPE LEO XIV: JULY 2025

Below is a compilation of the activities of the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV for the month of July.

During July, which is the peak of the summer season in Rome, the Pope engaged in fewer activities and had more rest time; in particular, he spent two weeks in Castel Gandolfo. This year marks the first time in 12 years that the Supreme Pontiff will spend the summer at his summer residence, as his predecessor, Pope Francis, decided to stay in the Vatican during his pontificate.

The order of the agendas, as always, is based on the official releases issued by the Holy See Press Office. The timing of meetings and liturgical celebrations—as announced in advance by the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff—is drawn from the calendar section of the official Vatican website. We also include any messages, letters, or telegrams.

Legend:

Red text: liturgical celebrations

Blue text: audiences and other commitments announced in advance

Green text: period of rest / Apostolic Journeys

July
7.1 - Audience in the old Synod Hall for members of the ordinary Synod of Bishops of the Patriarchal Church of Antioch of the Syrians.

7.2 - 9 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for members of the Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Audience for Emine Erdoğan, Wife of the President of the Republic of Türkiye.

Audience for Giorgia Meloni, President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic, and entourage

Message for the 10th World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, written on June 30

Telegram of condolence was sent on behalf of the Holy Father by the Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, to the Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva, on the death of Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap.

7.3 - Audience for Andrzej Duda, President of the Republic of Poland, and entourage.

Audience for Anthony Chung-Yi Ho, the new Taiwanese ambassador to the Holy See.

Audience for Dr. Carmelo Barbagallo, President of the Financial Supervision and Information Authority.

12 nn: Meeting in Paul VI Hall with approximately 310 children and young people participating in the summer camp “Estate Ragazzi in Vaticano” and another 300 children and young people from Ukraine who were hosted for the summer by Caritas Italy.

In the afternoon, the Holy Father visited Castel Gandolfo to examine the state of the works at Villa Barberini.

7.4 - Audience for Patrick E. Kelly, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, with his wife.

Audience for Milojko Spajić, Prime Minister of Montenegro, and entourage.

Audience for Brother Matthew Thorpe, Prior of the Taizé community.

Audience for Tiziano Onesti, President of the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital.

Audience for members of the Synod of the Patriarchal Church of Antioch of the Syrians.

7.5 - Farewell audience for Domingos Teixeira de Abreu Fezas Vital, Ambassador of Portugal.

8.45 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the teachers from Catholic schools in Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland and young people from the Diocese of Copenhagen.

Audience for Henry Louis Gates, Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, and Professor at Harvard University.

10.45 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the participants in the Provincial Chapter of the Augustinian Sisters Servants of Jesus and Mary.

Message on the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of the monthly magazine “L’Osservatore di strada.”

7.6 - 12 nn: Angelus Domini

In the afternoon, the Holy Father travelled by car to his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo.

Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

7.7 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

7.8 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

7.9 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

9 am: Holy Mass in the “Borgo Laudato si’,” in the Gardens of the Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo, using for the first time the new prayer formula “for the Safeguarding of Creation.”

Audience for Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of the Republic of Ukraine, and entourage.

A telegram on behalf of the Holy Father was sent by the Cardinal Secretary of State to Fr. Mario Segura Bonilla, president of the Sociedad de Catequetas Latinoamericanos (SCALA), on the occasion of the 13th Ordinary Assembly and the 10th Study Days of the Society

7.10 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

Message for the 5th World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, written on June 26.

Message for the participants in the AI ​​for Good Summit 2025 taking place in Geneva from 8 to 11 July 2025 was sent by the Cardinal Secretary of State on behalf of the Holy Father

7.11 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

7.12 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

9 am: Audience in the Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace of the summer residence with the participants in the General Chapters of the Pontificio Istituto Missioni Estere (PIME); Maestre Pie Filippini; Maestre Pie Venerini; Figlie della Chiesa; Salesiane Oblate del Sacro Cuore; Suore Francescane Angeline; Istituto Oblate di Gesù e Maria; Figlie di Maria Religiose delle Scuole Pie (Scolopie).

7.13 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

10 am: Holy Mass in the Pontifical Parish of San Tommaso da Villanova

12 nn: Angelus Domini in Piazza della Libertà

7.14 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

7.15 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

9 am: Holy Mass in the Chapel of the Carabinieri Station of Castel Gandolfo.

Visit to the Poor Clare Monastery in Albano, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception; prayer and meeting with the nuns in the chapter room of the monastery; joint recitation of the Pater Noster.

Video Message on the occasion of the Partita del Cuore (Match of the Heart) 2025, which took place at the “Gran Sasso d’Italia Italo Acconcia” Stadium in L’Aquila

7.16 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

7.17 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

10 am: Audience in the Swiss Hall of the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo for participants in the Orthodox-Catholic Ecumenical Pilgrimage from the United States of America led by Metropolitan Elpidophoros and Cardinal Joseph Tobin.

The Pope's Secretary of State sent a telegram of condolence for the victims of the military attack on the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza.

7.18 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

The Holy See Press Office released a statement that the Holy Father made a phone call to Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, following the military attack by the Israeli army that struck the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza, killing three people and injuring others.

7.19 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

The Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin sent a telegram of condolence on behalf of the Holy Father for the victims of the fire that occurred in a shopping center in Kut, Iraq.

Message to the participants in the Third Assembly of the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Archeparchy of Pittsburgh.

7.20 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

9.30 am: Holy Mass in the Cathedral of Albano; homily during which the Holy Father mentioned that he was scheduled to take possession of his suburbicarian see on May 12.

12 nn: Angelus Domini in Piazza della Libertà

In the afternoon, visit to the Vatican Astronomical Observatory on the occasion of the 56th anniversary of the first human landing on the Moon.

In the evening, video call with Buzz Aldrin.

7.21 - Rest time in Castel Gandolfo

In the morning, the Holy Father received a telephone call from Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, concerning recent developments in the conflict in the Gaza Strip and violence in the West Bank.

Visit to the Santa Marta nursing home in Castel Gandolfo; meeting with the nuns and 20 elderly women living in the center.

7.22 - In the evening, the Holy Father returned to the Vatican.

Telegram of condolence after the death of Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, was sent to Archbishop Laurent Ulrich.

The Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin sent a telegram of condolence on behalf of the Holy Father to the victims of the plane crash in Bangladesh.

7.24 - Audience for Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, and entourage.

7.25 - Meeting in the Bologna Hall with the Council for the Economy

10 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the formators of the Formation Course promoted by the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum and the participants in the General Chapter of the Xaverian Brothers.

Message for the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees.

Video message for the Vietnamese catechists on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Andrew Phú Yên.

7.26 - Farewell audience for Rahman Farhan Abdullah Alaameri, Iraqi ambassador to the Holy See.

Audience for His Eminence Antony, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, Head of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.

7.27 - 12 nn: Angelus Domini

7.28 - Message to the Scouts and Guides of France on the occasion of the great Clameurs! gathering.

Farewell audience for Julieta Anabella Machuca y Machuca, ambassador of El Salvador to the Holy See.

11.15 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the delegation of young people from Peru participating in the Youth Jubilee.

The Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin sent a telegram of condolence on behalf of the Holy Father to Archbishop Fulgence Muteba Mugalu, president of the Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (CNECO) for the victims of the attack on the Bienheureuse-Anuarite Parish in Komanda.

Message to the participants of the 28th General Assembly of the International Federation of Catholic Universities taking place in Guadalajara (Mexico) from 28 July - 1 August.

7.29 - 9 am: Audience in the Hall of Blessings for French Neophytes and Catechumens.

11 am: Meeting in the Altar of the Chair with digital influencers and missionaries who participated in the Mass presided over by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle on the occasion of their Jubilee.

7 pm: Holy Mass for the opening of the Jubilee of the Youth presided over by Archbishop Rino Fisichella; arrival of the Holy Father at 9 pm; improvised speech.

7.30 - 10 am: Wednesday General Audience

7.31 - During an audience with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, the Holy Father confirmed the affirmative opinion of the plenary session, which will soon be conferred to St. John Henry Newman.

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For previous months of the activities of Pope Leo XIV:

2025:

May

June

English translation of the Mass "for the care of Creation"

MASS FOR THE CARE OF CREATION

DECREE

on the formulary and Biblical readings

for the Mass for the Care of Creation 

“Let Your works praise You, that we may love You; and let us love You, that Your works may praise You (Augustine, Confessions, 13,33; PL 32) 

The mystery of creation is the beginning of salvation history, which culminates in Christ and from the mystery of Christ it receives definitive light; in fact, by manifesting His goodness, “in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen 1,1) God already from these origins had in mind the glory of the new creation in Christ. 

Sacred Scripture exhorts humankind to contemplate the mystery of creation and to give endless thanks to the Holy Trinity for this sign of His benevolence, which, like a precious treasure, is to be loved, cherished and simultaneously advanced, as well as handed down from generation to generation. 

At this time it is evident that the work of creation is seriously threatened because of the irresponsible use and abuse of the goods God has endowed to our care (cf. Laudato si’ n. 2). 

This is why it is considered appropriate to add a Mass formulary “pro custodia creationis” to the Missae “pro variis necessitatibus vel ad diversa” of the Roman Missal. 

In the Eucharist “The world which came forth from God’s hands returns to him in blessed and undivided adoration: in the bread of the Eucharist, ‘creation is projected towards divinization, towards the holy wedding feast, towards unification with the Creator himself’ (Benedict XVI, Homily for the Mass of Corpus Domini, 15 June 2006). Thus, the Eucharist is also a source of light and motivation for our concerns for the environment, directing us to be stewards of all creation” (Laudato si’ n. 236). 

The Supreme Pontiff LEO XIV approved this formulary along with appropriate biblical readings, drawn up in Latin and attached to this Decree, and ordered that they be disseminated, and now the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments promulgates it and declares it to be the typical text. 

Anything to the contrary notwithstanding. 

From the Dicastery for the Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, 8 June 2025, Solemnity of Pentecost. 

Arthur Card. Roche

Prefect 

+ Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M.

Archbishop Secretary

Below is the English text of the formulary provided by the said Dicastery
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Entrance Antiphon

Ps 18, 2

The heavens declare the Glory of God,

and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands.

Cæli enárrant glóriam Dei,

et ópera mánuum eius annúntiat firmaméntum.

COLLECT

God our Father,

who in Christ, the firstborn of all creation,

called all things into being,

grant, we pray, that docile to the life-giving breath of your Spirit, 

we may lovingly care for

the work of your hands.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

God, for ever and ever.

Pater,

qui in Christo, primogénito omnis creatúræ,

univérsa ad exsisténtiam vocásti,

præsta, quǽsumus, ut, dóciles Spíritus tui spiráculo vitæ,

ópera mánuum tuárum in caritáte custodiámus.

Per Dominum.

LITURGY OF THE WORD

Reading from the Old Testament

Wis 13, 1-9 [Lectionary 495; Week 32; Year 1; Friday]

If they are capable of investigating the world, how have they been so slow to find its Master?

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 18, 2-3. 4-5 [Lectionary 495; Week 32; Year 1; Friday]

R. (2a) The heavens proclaim the glory of God.

Or: 

Ps 103, 1-2a. 5-6 10 et 12. 24 et 35c [Lectionary 329; Week 5; Year 1; Monday]

R. (31b) May the Lord rejoice in his works!

Reading from the New Testament

Col 1, 15-20 [Lectionary 435; Week 32; Year 1; Friday]

All things were created through him and for him

Alleluia

Ps 103, 24

How great are your works, O Lord!

 In wisdom you have made them all

Or:

1 Chr 29, 11d. 12b 

Yours, LORD, are greatness and might,

and you have dominion over all.

Gospel

Mt 6, 24-34 [Lectionary 82; 8th Sunday; Proper of the Season; Year A]

Do not worry about tomorrow

Or:

Mt 8, 23-27 [Lectionary 378; Week 13; Year 1; Tuesday]

He stood up and rebuked the winds and the seas; and all was calm again

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS

Receive, O Father,

these fruits of the earth and of our hands:

bring to completion in them the work of your creation,

so that, transformed by the Holy Spirit,

they may be for us the food and drink of eternal life.

Through Christ our Lord.

Súscipe, Pater,

hos fructus terræ nostrarúmque mánuum:

pérfice in eis opus creatiónis tuæ

ut, a Spíritu Sancto transformáti,

cibus et potus vitæ ætérnæ pro nobis fiant.

Qui vivit.

Communion Antiphon 

Ps 97, 3

 

All the ends of the earth have seen 

the salvation of our God.

Vidérunt omnes términi terræ

salutáre Dei nostri.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

May the sacrament of unity

which we have received, O Father,

increase communion with you and with our brothers and sisters,

so that, as we await the new heavens and the new earth,

we may learn to live in harmony with all creatures.

Through Christ our Lord.

Sacraméntum unitátis quod accépimus, Pater,

communiónem tecum áugeat fratribúsque

ut, novos cælos et terram novam exspectántes,

conveniénter una cum ómnibus creatúris vívere discámus.

Per Christum.

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The Missa pro custodia creationis is included in the Missale Romanum, editio typica tertia

(2008) among the Missæ et Orationes pro variis necessitatibus vel ad diversa, section two Pro

circumstantiis publicis. Its use is regulated by chapter VII of the Institutio Generalis Missalis

Romani and by its own rubrics (Missale Romanum, editio typica tertia, p. 1074).

CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES OF THE HOLY FATHER POPE LEO XIV: JUNE 2025

 

Below is a compilation of the activities of the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV for the month of June, inspired by the Polish book published by Biały Kruk, which compiled all the activities of Pope St. John Paul for the duration of his pontificate.

This list presents the liturgical celebrations presided over by the Holy Father, along with his weekly General Audiences and meetings with various groups and world leaders. It does not include routine audiences with members of the Roman Curia or other prelates, particularly those held on a regular weekly basis—unless such meetings occur in group settings for special reasons, such as "ad limina" visits.

Pontifical messages, letters, and telegrams are also included.

The order of the agendas is based on the official releases issued by the Holy See Press Office. The timing of meetings and liturgical celebrations—as announced in advance by the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff—is drawn from the calendar section of the official Vatican website.

Legend:

Red text: liturgical celebrations

Blue text: audiences and other commitments announced in advance

June

6.1 - 10 am: Holy Mass in St. Peter's Square for the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly

12 nn: Regina Coeli

3.30 pm: At the Piazza dei Protomartiri Romani, meeting with the cyclists of the Giro d'Italia as they passed through the Vatican City State; speech in Italian; Apostolic Blessing in English.

6.2 - In the morning, the Holy Father presided over an Interdicasterial Meeting in the Bologna Hall.

Message to the participants in the seminar: “Evangelizing with the families of today and tomorrow. Ecclesiological and pastoral challenges,” organized by the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life taking place on 2-3 June

5 pm: In the Sistine Chapel, a commemorative act for Blessed Cardinal Iuliu Hossu, Greek-Catholic Bishop of Cluj-Gherla, pastor and martyr of the faith during the communist persecution in Romania, in the presence of the representatives of the Greek-Catholic Church in Romania, the civil authorities, and Silviu Vexler, President of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania.

Letter to Cardinal Ladislav Nemet, appointed by Pope Francis on 5 April as the papal representative for the 950th anniversary of the Diocese of Plock (Poland).

6.3 - Audience for the new ambassadors of Australia and the Dominican Republic who presented their credentials to the Holy Father.

6.4 - In the morning, audience with the members of the Council of the “Domus Vaticanae” Institution.

9 am: Audience in the room adjacent to the Paul VI Hall for the delegation of the "National Italian American Foundation."

10 am: Wednesday General Audience

6.5 - In the morning, audience for members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

10 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the superiors and officials of the Secretariat of State.

6.6 - Audience for Sergio Mattarella, President of the Republic of Italy and his entourage.

9.45 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the General Chapters of the Society of African Missions and of the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Formators of the Servants of the Paraclete.

10.15 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the moderators of the associations of the faithful, of the ecclesial movements, and of the new communities.

Audience for António Costa, President of the European Council.

6.7 - Audience for Javier Gerardo Milei, President of the Republic of Argentina, and entourage.

10.45 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the Ecumenical Symposium dedicated to the 1700th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea held at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas on June 4-7.

Letter of the Holy Father to Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, by Pope Francis on 12 April as the papal representative at the celebration of the centenary of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rijeka (Croatia).

8 pm: Presiding over the Prayer Vigil in the form of a Liturgy of the Word as part of the Jubilee of Movements, Associations, and New Communities at St. Peter's Square.

6.8 - Solemnity of Pentecost

10.30 am: Holy Mass in St. Peter's Square for the end of the Jubilee of Movements, Associations, and New Communities

12 nn: Regina Coeli

6.9 - 10 am: Jubilee of the Holy See: Meditation by Sister Maria Gloria Riva of the Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament in the presence of the Holy Father in the Paul VI Hall; the Holy Father then carried a Jubilee Cross and entered the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica together with members and employees of the Holy See

11:30 am: Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica for the Jubilee of the Holy See

6.10 - 10 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the Jubilee and the Meeting of Pontifical Representatives

6.11 - Audience for António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations

10 am: Wednesday General Audience

In the afternoon, the Holy Father had a telephone conversation with Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, President of the Government of Spain, thanking the King and Queen of Spain for their presence at the inauguration Mass.

6.12 - 10.30 am: Meeting in the Paul VI Hall with the Clergy of the Diocese of Rome

A telegram of condolence in connection with the aerial incident in India on behalf of the Holy Father was sent by the Cardinal Secretary of state, Pietro Parolin

6.13 - 9 am: Ordinary Public Consistory for the vote of some Causes of Canonization in the Consistory Hall.

Audience for Joseph Aoun, President of the Republic of Lebanon, with his wife.

Message for the 9th World Day of the Poor

6.14 - 9 am: Jubilee Audience in St. Peter's Basilica for pilgrims, which includes the participants of the international gathering on “The Momentum of Hope,” sponsored by the Dicastery for Culture and Education; appeal for peace in Israel and Iran

Video message to the young people of the whole world and, in particular, in Chicago on the occasion of the celebrations honoring the Pope.

6.15 - 10.30 am: Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica for the conclusion of the Jubilee of Sport (originally scheduled to take place in St. Peter's Square but was moved in the Basilica due to heat temperatures)

12 nn: Angelus Domini in St. Peter's Square

A telegram on behalf of the Holy Father was sent by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, to John Sherrington, Archbishop of Liverpool, on the occasion of the celebrations for the Day for Life of the Episcopal Conferences of England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland:

6.16 - 10.30 am: Audience in the Hall of Popes for the Bishops of Madagascar, who are making their Jubilee pilgrimage.

11 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the Vatican Observatory's Summer School of Astrophysics.

11.30 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the pilgrims from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who came for the beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui (layperson & martyr; the ceremony took place on the afternoon of June 15 in the Basilica of St. Paul outside the walls by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro).

6.17 - Audience for Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

Audience for David Mekvabishvili, the new Georgian ambassador to the Holy See.

10.30 am: Meeting in the Hall of Benediction with the Bishops of the Italian Episcopal Conference.

6.18 - 10 am: Wednesday General Audience

6.30 pm: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants at the event promoted by the Domenico Bartolucci Foundation on the occasion of the fifth centenary of the birth of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

6.19 - Morning visit to the Vatican Radio broadcasting center in Santa Maria di Galeria near Rome.

6.20 - In the presence of the Holy Father, 8 decrees from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints regarding martyrdom, miracles for beatifications, and heroic virtues were promulgated.

10 am: Audience for priests of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy returning from the missionary year.

10.30 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the General Chapters of the Friars Minor Conventual and of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and Captives (Trinitarians).

Message for the participants in the Second Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Corporate Governance, which took place in Rome on June 19-20.

6.21 - Audience for Yury Ambrazevich, the new Belarusian ambassador to the Holy See.

10 am: Audience in the Hall of Benediction for members of the International Inter-Parliamentary Union on the occasion of the Jubilee of Governments.

6.22 - 12:00 nn: Angelus Domini

5 pm: Holy Mass at the square of St. John Lateran on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi; the Holy Father carried the Blessed Sacrament in procession to the Basilica of St. Mary Major; Eucharistic Benediction

6.23 - Audience for Brother John T. Dunlap, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta

6.24 - 11 am: Presiding over the meditation for Seminarians on the occasion of their Jubilee in St. Peter's Basilica; joint recitation of the Nicene Creed; Apostolic Blessing

Message to the members of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta on the occasion of the celebration of the Solemnity of St. John the Baptist

A telegram of condolence was sent by the Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, on behalf of the Holy Father in connection with the attack on the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Elias in Damascus

6.25 - 8.30am: Audience in the Largo Giovanni Paolo II for the Seminarians of the Dioceses of Triveneto

9.30 am: Wednesday General Audience

12. 30 pm: Presiding over the meditation for the Bishops gathered on the occasion of their Jubilee in St. Peter's Basilica; joint recitation of the Nicene Creed; Apostolic Blessing

6.26 - 9.30am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the Redemptorist and Scalabrinian Bishops

10 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Reunion of Agencies for Aid to the Eastern Churches (ROACO)

11 am: Audience in the San Damaso courtyard for the participants in the International Day for the Fight against Drugs.

3.30 pm: Participation in the Meeting with the Members of the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops at Via della Conciliazione, 34 

4.30 pm: Meeting in the Auditorium di Via della Conciliazione with priests taking part in the encounter organized by the Dicastery for the Clergy on the occasion of the Jubilee of Seminarians and Priests

6.27 - 9 am: Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica for the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart and the Jubilee of Priests, during which the Holy Father ordained 32 deacons from various countries into priesthood, concelebrated by numerous Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops, and Priests

Message for Priests on the occasion of the Day of Priestly Sanctification

6.28 - 9 am: Audience for the Delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate led by His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon on the occasion of the feast of Saints Peter and Paul.

Audience for Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea, with his wife.

Farewell audience for Bernhard Kotsch, German ambassador to the Holy See

11.30 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the participants in the General Chapter of the Vallombrosan Congregation of the Order of Saint Benedict.

12.45 pm: Meeting in St. Peter's Basilica for pilgrims of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church who came to Rome on the occasion of the Jubilee.

6.29 - Saints Peter and Paul

9.30 am: Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, during which the Holy Father imposed the pallium to 53 Metropolitan Archbishops from 28 countries, concelebrated by Cardinals, archbishops, and bishops, including those from the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

12:00 nn: Angelus Domini

6.30 - Audience for Carlos Manuel Vila Nova, President of Sao Tomé and Príncipe, with his wife.

Audience for Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and Entourage.

10.45 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the General Chapters: Daughters of Divine Charity, Sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great, Sisters of the Congregation of the Agustinas Sisters of the Amparo, and the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Hearts.

Message for the participants in the 44th Session of the FAO Conference.

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For previous months of the activities of Pope Leo XIV:

2025:

May