The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff has published the following calendar of liturgical celebrations at which the Holy Father will preside in the months of December 2016 and January 2017:

DECEMBER

Monday 12: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. At 6 p.m. in the Vatican Basilica, Holy Mass.

Saturday 24: Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord. At 9.30 in the Vatican Basilica. At 9.30 p.m. in the Vatican Basilica, Holy Mass.

Sunday 25: Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord. At 12 p.m., from the central loggia of the Vatican Basilica, “Urbi et Orbi” blessing.

Saturday 31: Solemnity of Mary Most Holy, Mother of God. At 5 p.m. in the Vatican Basilica, First Vespers and Te Deum, in Thanksgiving for the past year.

JANUARY

Sunday 1: Solemnity of Mary Most Holy, Mother of God. 50th World Peace Day. At 10 a.m. in the Vatican Basilica, Holy Mass.

Friday 6: Solemnity of Mary Most Holy, Mother of God. At 5 p.m. in the Basilica of St. Mary Major, Holy Mass.

Sunday 8: First Sunday after Epiphany, Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. At 9.30 a.m. in the Sistine Chapel. Holy Mass and baptism of babies.

Wednesday 25: Solemnity of the Conversion of St. Paul. At 5.30 p.m., at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, celebration of Second Vespers and 50th Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.