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December 2025

01.12.2025
- Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Leo XIV in Türkiye and Lebanon (27 November to 2 December 2025) – Visit and Prayer at the Tomb of Saint Charbel Maklūf
- Resignations and Appointments
- Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Leo XIV in Türkiye and Lebanon (27 November to 2 December 2025) – Meeting with Bishops, Priests, Consecrated Men and Women, and Pastoral Workers, and Private Meeting with Catholic Patriarchs at the Apostolic Nunciature
- Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Leo XIV in Türkiye and Lebanon (27 November to 2 December 2025) – Ecumenical and Interreligious Meeting in Martyrs’ Square, Beirut
- Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Leo XIV in Türkiye and Lebanon (27 November to 2 December 2025) – Meeting with young people in the square in front of the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronites in Bkerké
02.12.2025
- Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Leo XIV in Türkiye and Lebanon (27 November to 2 December 2025) – Visit to Staff and Patients of the Hospital “de la Croix” in Jal ed Dib
- Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Leo XIV in Türkiye and Lebanon (27 November to 2 December 2025) – Silent prayer at the location of the explosion at the Port of Beirut
- Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Leo XIV in Türkiye and Lebanon (27 November to 2 December 2025) – Holy Mass at the “Beirut Waterfront”
- Resignations and Appointments
- Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Leo XIV in Türkiye and Lebanon (27 November to 2 December 2025) – Farewell Ceremony from Lebanon at Beirut International Airport
- Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Leo XIV in Türkiye and Lebanon (27 November to 2 December 2025) – Departure from Beirut, Telegram to the President of the Republic of Lebanon, Telegrams to Heads of State and arrival in Rome
03.12.2025
- Resignations and Appointments
- Notice of Press Conference
04.12.2025
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Notice of Press Conference
- Holy See Press Office Press Release: Audience with the President of the Slovak Republic
- Holy See Press Office Press Release: Audience with the President of Mongolia
05.12.2025
- Audience of the Holy Father with participants in the Conference “Artificial Intelligence and Care of Our Common Home”
- First Sermon of Advent
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Notice of Press Conference
- Holy See Press Office Press Release: Audience with the President of the Republic of Croatia
- Audience with a delegation of cardiologists of the Paris Course on Revascularization
- Audience of the Holy Father with the Organizers and Artists of the Concert with the Poor
- Press Conference to present the “Concert with the Poor”
06.12.2025
- Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Beatification of the Martyrs of Chimbote, Peru
- Credential Letters of the Ambassadors of Uzbekistan, Moldova, Bahrain, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Liberia, Thailand, Lesotho, South Africa, Fiji, Micronesia, Latvia, and Finland
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Declaration of the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni
- Notice from the Office of Liturgical Celebrations
- #iubilaeum2025 – Jubilee Audience
- Greeting of the Holy Father Leo XIV to the participants in the “Concert with the Poor”
07.12.2025
- The Pope’s words at the Angelus prayer
08.12.2025
- The Pope’s words at the Angelus prayer
- Act of Veneration of Mary Immaculate in Piazza di Spagna
09.12.2025
- Holy See Press Office Press Release: Audience with the President of Ukraine
- Audiences
10.12.2025
- Audience of the Holy Father with a delegation of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group of the European Parliament
- General Audience
- Audiences
11.12.2025
- Apostolic Letter of the Holy Father Leo XIV on the importance of Archaeology on the occasion of the Centenary of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Audience of the Holy Father with the community of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology
- Audience with the Members of the Commission of the “Zayed Award for Human Fraternity 2026”
12.12.2025
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Message of the Holy Father to participants in the meeting of Latin American priests, men and women religious, and seminarians studying in Rome
- Audience of the Holy Father with members of the Information System for the Security of the Republic of Italy
- Holy Mass on the memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Guadalupe
- Address of the Holy Father Leo XIV to the participants in the Christmas Concert, conducted by Maestro Riccardo Muti
13.12.2025
- Audience with participants in the living Nativity Scene of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, and the Nativity Scene makers
- Audience with the Organizers and Performers of the Christmas Concert in the Vatican
- Audiences
- Audience with participants in the Jubilee of Italian Diplomacy
14.12.2025
- Resignations and Appointments
- The Pope’s words at the Angelus prayer
- #iubilaeum2025 – Holy Mass on the occasion of the Jubilee of Prisoners
15.12.2025
- Audiences
- Notice of Press Conference
- Holy See Press Office Press Release: Audience with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Malta
- Audience with donors of the Nativity Scene in the Paul VI Hall and the Christmas Tree and Nativity Scene in Saint Peter’s Square
- Telegram of the Holy Father, signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, for the victims of the attack in Sydney, Australia
16.12.2025
- Resignations and Appointments
- Notice of Press Conference
17.12.2025
- General Audience
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Notice of Press Conference
- Holy See Press Office Press Release: Telephone conversation of the Holy Father with the President of the State of Israel
18.12.2025
- Message of the Holy Father Leo XIV for the 59th World Day of Peace (1 January 2026)
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Promulgation of Decrees of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
- Audience with representatives of the Order of Labour Consultants
- Press Conference to present the Message for the World Day of Peace 2026
19.12.2025
- Third Sermon of Advent
- Audiences
- The Credential Letters of the Ambassador of Korea to the Holy See
- Resignations and Appointments
- Audience with the young people of Catholic Action
20.12.2025
- #iubilaeum2025 - Jubilee Audience
- Audiences
- Credential Letters of the Ambassador of Cuba to the Holy See
- Credential Letters of the Ambassador of Japan to the Holy See
- Resignations and Appointments
- Holy See Press Office Press Release
21.12.2025
- The Pope’s words at the Angelus prayer
22.12.2025
- Audience of the Holy Father with the Roman Curia for the exchange of Christmas wishes
- Audiences
- Resignations and Appointments
- Apostolic Letter “A fidelity that generates the future” of the Holy Father Leo XIV on the 60th anniversary of the Conciliar Decrees Optatam Totius and Presbyterorum Ordinis
- Audience with the employees of the Roman Curia, the Governorate of Vatican City State, and the Vicariate of Rome with their families for Christmas greetings
23.12.2025
- Resignations and Appointments