The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Apostolic Headquarters has announced on Tuesday the calendar of celebrations that Pope Leo XIV will preside between November 2025 and January 2026, months marked by the closure of the ordinary jubilee and by several quotes of great spiritual and ecclesial relevance such as Christmas.
On November 1, Solemnity of All Saints, the Holy Father will celebrate Holy Mass in the Plaza de San Pedro at 10:30 am (local time). During the liturgy will proclaim San John Henry Newman as a doctor of the churchwithin the framework of the Jubilee of the educational world.
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Two days later, on November 3, the Pontiff will preside in the Vatican Basilica, at 11:00 hours, the Holy Mass in suffrage of Pope Francis and the cardinals and bishops who died throughout the last year.
On November 9, solemnity of the dedication of the Basilica of San Juan de Letán, Leo XIV will move to the Cathedral of Rome, where the Mass will celebrate at 9:30 am.
The jubilee calendar will have a new milestone on November 16, when the Pope presides in San Pedro at 10:00 a.m. the Mass of the XXXIII Sunday of ordinary time, coinciding with the jubilee of the poor.
A week later, on November 23, in the solemnity of Christ the King of the Universe, the liturgy will be held in the Plaza de San Pedro at 10:30 am, on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Choirs and Corals.
With the beginning of December, the Holy Father will renew one of the most beloved traditions by the Roman people: on December 8, solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, will go to the Plaza de España at 4:00 p.m. for the traditional act of veneration to the Virgin.
On December 12, memory of the Virgin of Guadalupe, he will preside over the Holy Mass in the Vatican Basilica at 4:00 p.m., while on December 14, III Sunday of Advent, he will celebrate in San Pedro at 10:00 a.m. the Mass of the Jubilee of the prisoners.
Leo XIV will celebrate a Mass at Christmas
Christmas celebrations will open with the night mass of the Lord’s Nativity, on December 24 at 22:00 in San Pedro. In addition, the liturgical calendar of Pope Leo XIV for the coming months includes a novelty of great symbolic value: the celebration of the Christmas Day Mass, on December 25 at 10:00 a.m. in the Basilica of San Pedro.
The Holy Mass of the Christmas morning also allows the faithful pilgrims present in Rome live the birth of Christ in the heart of Christianity with the complete wealth of its liturgical signs.
The next day, the Pope will celebrate the Christmas Day Mass at 10:00 a.m. and, from the Central Lodge of the Vatican Basilica, will give the traditional blessing City and the World At 12:00 hours.
On December 31, at 5:00 p.m. in San Pedro, the Pontiff will preside over the first eve and the You Thanks to thanks for the year elapsed.
With the arrival of the new year, on January 1, 2026, Solemnity of Santa María Madre de Dios and Lix World Day of La Paz, Leo XIV will celebrate the Holy Mass in San Pedro at 10:00 a.m.
On January 6, solemnity of the Lord’s epiphany, one of the culminating moments of the Holy Year will take place: in the Vatican Basilica at 9:30 am, the Pope will close the holy door and preside over the closing Mass of the Ordinary Jubilee 2025.
Finally, on January 11, the Baptism Festival of the Lord, the Holy Father will preside in the Sistine Chapel at 9:30 am the Mass and Baptism of several children, following a tradition established by San Juan Pablo II.
Victoria Cardiel
Victoria Cardiel is a journalist specialized in social and religious information issues. Since 2013, he has covered all the news of the Vatican for various media, such as the Spanish news agency Europa Press, or the weekly of the Archdiocese of Madrid, Alfa and Omega.