Saturday, February 28, 2026

CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES OF POPE LEO XIV: February 2026

 



Here are the activities that the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, did for the month of February 2026.

Legend:
Red text: Liturgical Celebrations
Blue text: Audiences and other commitments announced in advance
Orange text: Acts for special occasion
Green text: Apostolic Journey / Rest day
Gray text: Spiritual Exercise

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February 2026

2.1 - 11 am: Audience for the Gentlemen of His Holiness, the antechamber attendants, and the pontifical chairmen.
12 nn: Angelus Domini
Message on the occasion of the Ecumenical Prayer Vigil for the victims of the fire in Crans-Montana (Switzerland)

2.2 - Audience for Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Audience for Michael Hintze.
Audience for Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, president of the Republic of Portugal, and entourage.
5 pm: Holy Mass in the Vatican Basilica for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the 30th World Day for Consecrated Life. Concelebrated by about 20 cardinals and prelates, as well as priests from various religious orders, congregations, and institutes, and attended by 5500 faithful.

2.4 - 10 am: Wednesday General Audience in the Paul VI Hall
Message on the occasion of the International Day of Human Fraternity and the awarding of the Zayed Prize for Human Fraternity.

2.5 - Audience for Edi Rama, Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania, with his wife and entourage.
Audience for Professor Andrea Riccardi, Founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio.
11.15 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the young priests and monks of the Eastern Orthodox Churches on a study visit.
11.45 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the organizing committee of the initiative “From Crisis to Care: Catholic Action for Children”.
Audience for Ignazio La Russa, President of the Senate of the Italian Republic, and entourage.

2.6 - Audience for the Delegation of "Courage International";
Farewell audience for Myla Grace Ragenia Catalbas Macahilig, Ambassador of the Philippines.
10.45 am: Audience for the participants in the Plenary Session of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.
Letter on the occasion of the 25th Winter Olympics being held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo
Message on the occasion of the 12th World Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking.

2.8 - 11 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the staff of the Florist and Building Services of the Vatican City State, with their families.
12 nn: Angelus Domini

2.9 - Audience for Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), and entourage.
Audience for Péter Kveck, the new ambassador of Hungary to the Holy See.
Audience for the Delegation of Representatives of Religious Communities of Azerbaijan.
Letter to the Priests of the Archdiocese of Madrid, on the occasion of the Presbyteral Assembly "Convivium" (9-10 February 2026).

2.11 - 10 am: Wednesday General Audience in the Paul VI Hall
12.15 pm: The Holy Father went to the Vatican Gardens and prayed before the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes to pay homage to the Immaculate Conception on the occasion of the World Day of the Sick; improvised speech to a dozen sick people in wheelchairs together with their carers.

2.12 -  Audience for His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych (Ukraine).
Audience for Noel Díaz, Founder of “El Sembrador Nueva Evangelización” (ESNE).

2.13 - Audience for Cristiane Murray, Deputy Director of the Holy See Press Office.
10.30 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the Carabinieri of the "Compagnia Roma-San Pietro".
Message for Lent 2026.

2.14 - Audience for Joachim von Braun, President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, with Sister Helen Alford, OP, President of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
Audience for José Ulisses Correia e Silva, Prime Minister of Cape Verde, with his wife and entourage.
12.15 pm: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the members of the National Confederation of the Misericordie of Italy.

2.15 - 12 nn: Angelus Domini
Pastoral visit to the Roman Parish of Santa Maria Regina Pacis in Ostia Lido; meeting with children and young people at the sports field; meeting with the sick and elderly at the Sports Center; meeting with the Parish Pastoral Council in the parish hall; 5 pmHoly Mass; greeting the faithful gathered outside the Church after the Mass.

2.16 - 10 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
11.30 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the Prefects of Italy.

2.18 - Ash Wednesday
9 am: Audience in the small room adjacent to the Paul VI Hall for the members of the “Pro Petri Sede” Association.
10 am: Wednesday General Audience in St. Peter's Square
4.30 pm: Statio at the Church of Sant'Anselmo, procession to the Basilica of Santa Sabina, and Holy Mass with the blessing and imposition of ashes.
Message sent to the Brazilian faithful on the occasion of the 2026 Fraternity Campaign promoted by the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB)

2.19 - 10 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the participants in the General Chapter of the Legionaries of Christ.
10.30 am: Meeting with the Clergy of the Diocese of Rome

2.20 - Message signed by the Cardinal of State, Pietro Parolin, on behalf of the Holy Father and sent to Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles (USA) on the occasion of the 70th Religious Education Congress taking place in Anaheim.

2.21 - 10.15 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate on the 200th anniversary of the approval of their Rules and Constitutions and the Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles on the 150th anniversary of their foundation.
In the presence of the Holy Father, decrees from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints regarding miracles and heroic virtues, as well as the confirmation of the cultus since time immemorial of the Servant of God Gabriel-Maria Nicolas, were promulgated.
11.45 amAudience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the “Policoro Project” of the Italian Episcopal Conference.
A telegram of condolence was sent to His Excellency Monsignor Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi, OFM Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), on the passing of Cardinal Polycarp Pengo.

2.22 - Pastoral visit to the Roman Parish of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio; meeting in the courtyard with the children and young people of the parish; visit & prayer in the "Camerette" of Don Bosco, his residence during his twentieth and final trip to Rome from April 30 to May 18, 1887, for the dedication of the church; 9 amHoly Mass; meeting with the Pastoral Council in the Parish hall; meeting in the chapel with the Salesians of Don Bosco, the society entrusted with the parish.
12 nn: Angelus Domini
5 pmBeginning of the Spiritual Exercises with the Roman Curia.

2.24 - Message to the participants in the Pastoral Theological Congress on the event of Guadalupe, in Mexico

2.27 - 5 pmConclusion of the Spiritual Exercises with the Roman Curia.

2.28 - Audience for Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Cuba, and entourage.
Audience for Giuseppe Contaldo, National President of the “Renewal in the Holy Spirit."
Audience for the Delegation of the World Council of Churches.
10.30 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the seminarians from various dioceses in Spain: Alcalá de Henares, Toledo, Interdiocesano de Cataluña, and Cartagena, with their families.
Audience for Erik Varden, OCSO, Prelate of Trondheim (Norway), Preacher of the Spiritual Exercises.


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Sunday, February 1, 2026

CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES OF POPE LEO XIV: January 2026


Here are the activities that the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, did for the month of January in the New Year 2026.

Legend:
Red text: Liturgical Celebrations
Blue text: Audiences and other commitments announced in advance
Orange text: Acts for special occasion
Green text: Apostolic Journey / Rest day
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January 2026

1.1 - Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
10 am: Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica
12 nn: Angelus Domini

1.2 - Video message to the participants in the SEEK26 Conferences taking place in the cities of Columbus, Fort Worth, and Denver, United States (January 1-5, 2026).
A telegram of condolence that Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin sent—on behalf of the Holy Father Leo XIV—to His Excellency Monsignor Jean-Marie Lovey, Bishop of Sion, for the victims of the fire in Crans-Montana (Switzerland)

1.3 - Audience for Roberto Gualtieri, Mayor of Rome, and Francesco Rocca, President of the Lazio Region.
7 pm: Evening concert in the Sistine Chapel by the Sistine Chapel choir; the choir sang various Christmas carols, improvised speech; recitation of the Pater Noster.

1.4 - 12 nn: Angelus Domini

1.6 - Solemnity of the Epiphany
9.30 am: Ceremony of closing of the Holy Door in the Vatican Basilica on the ending of the Jubilee Year of Hope 2025; Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica concelebrated with numerous cardinals participating at the Extraordinary Consistory, bishops, and priests and attended by 5800 faithful including among others, the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella.
12 nn: Angelus Domini in the Central Loggia of St. Peter's Basilica

1.7 - 10 am: Wednesday General Audience in the Paul VI Hall
Extraordinary Consistory of Cardinals; First Session in the Synod Hall. 155 Cardinals participated.

1.8 - 7.30 amExtraordinary Consistory of Cardinals; Holy Mass in the Altar of the Chair with the Cardinals
Morning Session; Lunch in Paul VI Hall; Afternoon Session during which the Holy Father announced another Extraordinary Consistory in June.

1.9 - 10 amMeeting with the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See on the occasion of his New Year greetings in the Hall of Blessings.

1.10 - Audience for Séamus Boland, President of the European Economic and Social Committee, with his wife and entourage.
Audience for Cindy H. McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP).
Audience for Adrián Barbón Rodríguez, President of the Government of the Principality of Asturias.
11.30 am: Audience in the Paul VI Hall for the representatives of the organizations that collaborated for the Jubilee 2025.
5 pm: Meeting in the Paul VI Hall with the young people of the diocese of Rome; greeting the people gathered at the Petriano courtyard before entering the Paul VI Hall; during the meeting, the Holy Father listened to the testimonies from four young people before delivering his speech.
Letter to the General Ministers of the Conference of the Franciscan Family on the occasion of the opening of the VIII Centenary of the death of Saint Francis of Assisi.

1.11 - Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
9.30 am: Holy Mass in the Sistine Chapel, during which the Holy Father baptized 20 infants consisting of 12 boys and 8 girls.
12 nn: Angelus Domini

1.12 - Audience for Matteo Rossi and Lorenzo Bugli, Captains Regent of the Republic of San Marino, and their entourage.
Audience for Davide Prosperi, President of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation.
Audience for Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
Audience for the Members of the "Comissão Episcopal Pastoral para Ação Missionária e Cooperação Intereclesial" (Brazil).
Audience for María Corina Machado, Nobel Peace Prize winner.

1.13 - Weekly rest at Castel Gandolfo

1.14 - 10 am: Wednesday General Audience in the Paul VI Hall
The Holy Father was presented with the mosaic of his papal portrait to be installed in the Basilica of St. Paul outside the walls.

1.15 - Audience for Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
Audience for Tiziano Onesti, President of the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital in Rome.
12 nn: Audience in the Hall of Popes for the relatives of the victims of the fire in Crans-Montana (Switzerland).

1.16 - Audience for the Bishops of Slovenia who came for an "ad limina" visit.

1.17 - Audience for Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Audience for Prince Albert II of Monaco and his Entourage.
Audience for the Members of the Presidency of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM)
Letter to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy on the occasion of the 325th anniversary of its foundation.

1.18 - 12 nn: Angelus Domini

1.19 - 9 am: Audience in the private library for the Ecumenical Delegation of Finland, on the occasion of the feast of Saint Henry
Audience for Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic, with his wife and entourage.
11.15 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the Directors and Staff of the Inspectorate of Public Security at the Vatican.
11.45 am: Audience in the Hall of Blessings with the leaders of the Neocatechumenal Way.

1.20 - Message for the XXXIV World Day of the Sick.

1.21 - 8.30 am: On the Memorial of St. Agnes, in the Chapel of Urban VIII in the Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father was presented with two lambs from whose wool the palliums for metropolitan archbishops will be made.
Audience for Masoud Barzani, former President of the Kurdish Region, and Entourage;
Audience for Jorge Fernando Ponce San Román, the new Ambassador of Peru to the Holy See.
10 am: Wednesday General Audience
Message sent by the Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin on behalf of the Holy Father to the Fédération des Médias Catholiques on the occasion of the Saint François de Sales Meeting to be held in Lourdes from 21 to 23 January 2026

1.22 - In the presence of the Holy Father, 6 decrees from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints regarding a miracle for beatification, martyrdom, and heroic virtues were promulgated.
Meeting in the Bologna Hall for the Heads of Dicasteries of the Roman Curia.
Message to the participants in the March for Life 2026 in Washington, DC.

1.23 - Audience for Grand Duke Guillaume and Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg and their entourage.
Audience for the Bishops of Puerto Rico who came for an "ad limina" visit.

1.24 - Audience for Giuseppe Notarstefano, National President of Italian Catholic Action.
Audience for the Group of “Empresarios de Energìa”.
Message for the 60th World Communications Day.

1.25 -12 nn: Angelus Domini
5.30 pm: Second Vespers in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls for the Solemnity of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle.
Message for the 100th World Mission Day.

1.26 - Audience for the members of the Presidency of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil.
Audience for Bernhard Scholz, President of the Foundation of the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples.
Audience for Paolo Garonna, President of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation.
Audience for the members of the College of Prelate Auditors of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.
11 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the Prelates of the Roman Rota on the occasion of the inauguration of the Judicial Year.
Audience for Barham Salih, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

1.27 - Weekly rest at Castel Gandolfo

1.28 - Audience for Luis G. Franceschi, Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Audience for Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tanzania.
10 am: Wednesday General Audience

1.29 - Audience for Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, and Entourage.
11 am: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the Participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
11.30 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the participants in the General Assemblies of the Societies of Apostolic Life of Regnum Christi.
The Holy Father made a surprise visit to the Peruvian Bishops who are having their "Fraternal lunch."
Message that Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin sent—on behalf of the Holy Father—to His Excellency Msgr. Martin Waïngue Bani, President of ACERAC, on the occasion of the 13th General Assembly of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Central African Region.
Telegram that Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin sent—on behalf of the Holy Father—to His Excellency Archbishop Mario Delpini of Milan, on the occasion of the welcoming celebration of the Olympic Cross of athletes at the opening of the Milan-Cortina Olympic and Paralympic Games.

1.30 - 8.30 amAudience in the Hall of Popes for the leaders and members of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network.
9 am: Audience in the Consistory Hall for the Bishops of Peru who came on an “ad Limina Apostolorum” visit.
Telegram that Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin sent—on behalf of the Holy Father—to His Eminence Cardinal Oscar Cantoni, Bishop of Como, a text that was read during this evening's Eucharistic Celebration in the Vicariate of Bormio, with the athletes, volunteers, and sports clubs involved in preparing for the XXV Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina.

1.31 - Audience for Aidan Gomez, CEO of Cohere Inc.
Audience for Alessandro Cassinis Righini, Auditor General.
12 nn: Audience in the Clementine Hall for the participants in the “Political Innovation Hackathon: One Humanity, One Planet” meeting.
1 pm: Blessing of a mosaic dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the statue of St. Rose of Lima at the "Passeggiata Pio XII" in the Vatican Gardens in the presence of the Peruvian Bishops.
A telegram of condolence that Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin sent—on behalf of the Holy Father—to His Excellency Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho, SCI, of Leiria-Fátima & President of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference, for the victims of Tropical Storm Kristin in Portugal.

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For previous months of the activities of Pope Leo XIV: