Friday, October 31, 2025

CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES OF POPE LEO XIV: OCTOBER 2025

 


Legend:
Red text: liturgical celebrations
Blue text: audiences and other commitments announced in advance

10.1 - Audience for Salvador Illa i Roca, President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, and entourage.
10 am: Wednesday General Audience
4 pm: Participation in the International Conference “Raising Hope for Climate Justice” for the Tenth Anniversary of Laudato Si' in the Centro Mariapoli Internazionale at Castel Gandolfo.

10.2 - 9.30am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the participants in the General Chapter of the Daughters of St. Paul
Audience for Amy Pope, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and entourage
Farewell audience for René Juan Mujica Cantelar, Ambassador of Cuba
11.15 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the representatives of the “Confederación Médica Latinoiberoamericano y del Caribe.”
11.45 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the meeting “Refugees & Migrants in Our Common Home.”

10.3 - Audience for Karin Keller-Sutter, President of the Swiss Confederation, with her husband.
10.15 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the Second International Congress on the Pastoral Care of the Elderly.
12.25 pm: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the Pontifical Swiss Guard Corps on the occasion of the swearing-in of the new recruits.
A Telegram was sent by the Holy Father to Guillaume, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, on the occasion of his accession.

10.4 - 10 amJubilee Audience
5 pm: The Holy Father participated in the swearing-in ceremony of 27 recruits to the Pontifical Swiss Guards in the Saint Damasus Courtyard (usually held on or near May 6 but was postponed due to the Papal Interregnum; it is also the first time since 1969 that a pope witnessed this ceremony); improvised speech.

10.5 - 10.30 amJubilee of the Missionary World and Jubilee of Migrants: Holy Mass at St. Peter's Square
12 nn: Angelus Domini
5 pm: Holy Mass at the Lourdes Grotto at the Vatican Gardens for the Vatican Gendarmerie

10.6 - Audience for Gitanas Nausėda, President of the Republic of Lithuania, with his wife.
Audience for Albert Ramdin, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS).
Audience for Catherine Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF.
11 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall with members of the Knights of Columbus Board of Directors on the occasion of their Jubilee pilgrimage.
Audience for members of the Extraordinary Synod of the Patriarchal Church of Cilicia of the Armenians.
Apostolic Letter motu proprio Coniuncta Cura on the financial investment activities of the Holy See.

10.7 - One day stay at Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo, returning to Rome in the afternoon.
5 pm: Meeting in St. Peter's Square to the pilgrims from Croatia.
In the evening, meeting with about a hundred representatives and leaders of the Hispanic ministry in the United States; improvised speech; recitation of the Pater Noster and Ave Maria.
Message for the 40th World Youth Day

10.8 - 10 amWednesday General Audience

10.9 - 8 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the delegation of Union Leaders from Chicagoland led by Cardinal Blase Cupich, Metropolitan Archbishop of Chicago, USA.
9 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the 39th Conference of the MINDS International Association.
Audience for Gilliam Noemi Gómez Guifarro, the new ambassador of Honduras to the Holy See.
10.30 amJubilee of Consecrated Life: Holy Mass at St. Peter's Square.
Audience for the members of the Extraordinary Synod of the Patriarchal Church of Cilicia of the Armenians.
In the afternoon, the Holy Father visited the headquarters of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development; blessing of the sculpture "The Tree of Human Dignity."
Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi te on love for the poor.
Letter to the College of Bishops accompanying the dispatch of the Apostolic Exhortation “Dilexi te.”

10.10 - 11 am: Audience in the Hall of Popes for the delegation of the Aid to the Church in Need Foundation
12 nn: Audience in the Paul VI Hall for the participants in the Jubilee of Consecrated Life.
Message on the occasion of the opening of the Academic Year of the Pontifical Urbaniana University.

10.11 - Audience for Bruno Kahl, the new ambassador of Germany to the Holy See.
10 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for Italian Hermits participating in the Jubilee of Consecrated Life.
Audience for Bernardo Arévalo de León, President of the Republic of Guatemala, and entourage.
12 nn: Meeting in St. Peter's Square with the pilgrims from the Diocese of Toscana.
4 pm: Meeting at the Palazzina Leone XIII for the employees of the Dicastery for Communication and their families
6 pmJubilee of Marian Spirituality: Prayer Vigil and Rosary for Peace at St. Peter's Square; the image of Our Lady of Fatima from Portugal was brought from the Church of Santa Maria in Transportina to St. Peter's Square, stopping at the spot where St. John Paul II was shot on May 13, 1981; upon arrival, the Holy Father offered a Golden Rose to the image; recitation of the Holy Rosary for Peace with text from Lumen Gentium on the anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council; Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction.

10.12 - 10.30 amJubilee of Marian Spirituality: Holy Mass at St. Peter's Square in the presence of Our Lady of Fatima.
12 nnAngelus Domini and Act of Entrustment to the Blessed Virgin Mary

10.13 - Audience for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil.
Audience for Gabriel Boric Font, President of the Republic of Chile, and entourage.
12 nn: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the study meeting on Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val.
Video Message for World Mission Sunday 2025.

10.14 - 11 am: Visit to the Palace of the President of Italy on the Quirinal.
Audience for Abdullah II, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and entourage.

10.15 - 9 am: Audience in the room adjacent to the Paul VI Hall for the Augustinian Recollects of the Mexican Federation.
10 amWednesday General Audience

10.16 - Audience for Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad, and entourage.
10.35 am: Visit to the Rome headquarters of the World Food and Agriculture Fund (FAO) 
Message to the Networks of Indigenous Peoples and the Network of Theologians of Indigenous Theology on the occasion of the Jubilee Year (written on October 12).

10.17 - Audience for Letsie III, King of Lesotho, and entourage.
Audience for Yamandú Orsi, President of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, and entourage.
Audience for Mehriban Aliyeva, First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and entourage.
11.30 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for a group of Russian pilgrims for the Jubilee.
4 pmVisit to the Peace Training Ship "Med 25 Bel Espoir" at the Marina di Ostia; meeting with the 25 young people of different nationalities and religions aboard the ship; improvised speech.

10.18 - Audience for a group of Bishops of Ecuador
10 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for 50 members of the "San Giovanni Paolo II" National Anti-Usury Council on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of its foundation.
11 am: Meeting in the Paul VI Hall with the Roma, Sinti and Camminanti on the occasion of their Jubilee; speech; dialogue with 4 young children; crowning an image of the Madonna and Child.
Message to Monsignor Bruno Feillet, Bishop of Séez (France), on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Canonization of Sts. Louis Martin & Zelie Guerin Martin, the Parents of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus.

10.19 - 10.30 amCanonization of 7 Blesseds in St. Peter's Square
12 nnAngelus Domini

10.20 - Audience for the members of Ending Clergy Abuse.
Audience for Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, and entourage
11.15 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the Community of the Pontifical Portuguese College in Rome
Audience for Ignace Youssif III Younan, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians (Lebanon)
12 nn: Audience in the Paul VI Hall for the Pilgrims gathered for the Canonizations.

10.22 - 9.30 am: Audience in the small room of the Paul VI Hall for the delegation of the "Mons. Courtney Fraternity" (Burundi).
10 amWednesday General Audience
A telegram of condolence after the death of Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli was sent to Angelo Spina, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo.

10.23 - 9.30am: Audience in the Paul VI Hall for the participants in the Jubilee of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
Audience for King Charles III of England with Queen Camilla and entourage; at 12 nn, presiding over at the Ecumenical Prayer in the Sistine Chapel for the Cure of Creation together with Stephen Cottrell, Anglican Archbishop of York, in the Sistine Chapel; participation in the meeting on Environmental Sustainability at Sala Regia.
4.30 pm: Meeting in the Paul VI Hall for the participants in the World Meeting of Popular Movements.

10.24 - 8.30 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the Pilgrim from Estonia on the occasion of the Jubilee.
In the presence of the Holy Father, 6 decrees from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints regarding martyrdom and heroic virtues were promulgated.
Audience for Gérard Larcher, President of the Senate of France.
11.30 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the teachers and students of the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences.
12 nn: Audience in the Synod Hall for the Major Superiors of the Society of Jesus.
5.45 pm: Meeting in the Paul VI Hall with the participants in the Jubilee of the Synodal Team of Participation Bodies

10.25 - Audience for Nawaf Abdallah Salim Salam, Prime Minister of Lebanon, and entourage.
10 amJubilee Audience

10.26 - 10.00 amJubilee of synodal teams and participatory bodies: Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica
12 nnAngelus Domini
5 pm: Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica during which the Pope ordained Bishop Fr. Mirosław Wachowski, new Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq

10.27 - Audience for Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, with his wife.
Audience for His Holiness Mar Awa III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, and entourage.
Audience for the members of the Permanent Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Chile.
Audience for King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, and entourage
Audience for Mirosław Wachowski, the newly consecrated Apostolic Nuncio in Iraq, with his family.
Audience for Magnus Brunner, European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration, and entourage.
5.30 pm:  Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica with the university students of the Pontifical Universities; before the Mass, the Pope signed the Apostolic Letter Disegnare nuove mappe di speranza.

10.28 - 4.30 pm: Participation at the International Meeting for Peace, promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio taking place at the Colosseum.
6.30 pm: Participation in the commemoration of the Conciliar Declaration "Nostra Aetate" in Paul VI Hall, organized by the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.
Apostolic Letter Disegnare nuove mappe di speranza on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Conciliar Declaration Gravissimum Educationis

10.29 - 10 amWednesday General Audience; the Pope dedicated his catechesis to the Conciliar Declaration Nostra Aetate, on the occasion of its 60th anniversary; appeal for the victims of Hurricane Melissa.

10.30 - Audience for the delegation from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
Audience for Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, President of the Republic of Gabon, with his wife.
Audience for Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu, President of Fiji, with his wife.
11.15 am: Meeting in the Paul VI Hall with students participating in the Jubilee of the Educative World.

10.31 - 8.30 amAudience in the Clementine Hall for the members of the “Organización de Universidades Católicas de América Latina y el Caribe” (ODUCAL).
Audience for Zoran Milanović, President of the Republic of Croatia, with his wife.
11.15 am: Audience in the Hall of Popes for members of the “International Youth Advisory Body.”
11.45 am: Meeting in St. Peter's Square with the educators participating in the Jubilee of the Educative World.

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For previous months of the activities of Pope Leo XIV:

2025:

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

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 amCanonization 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 nnAngelus 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 nnAngelus 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 pmLiturgy 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 nnAngelus 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 nnAngelus 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:

Monday, September 1, 2025

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 nnAngelus 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 nnAngelus Domini

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

8.13 - 10 amWednesday 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 amHoly Mass in the Pontifical Parish of San Tommaso da Villanova 
12 nnAngelus 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 nnAngelus 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 amWednesday 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 nnAngelus 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 amWednesday 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 nnAngelus Domini

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For previous months of the activities of Pope Leo XIV:

2025:

Friday, August 1, 2025

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 nnAngelus 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 nnAngelus 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 amHoly 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 nnAngelus 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 nnAngelus 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:

Thursday, July 10, 2025

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).