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.
7.1 - 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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