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New Cardinals

Pope Francis announced on 2024.10.06 that he would elevate the following 21 prelates to the Sacred College of Cardinals in a consistory on 2024.12.08.

  1. Italy Archbishop Angelo Acerbi (99), Titular Archbishop of Zella and Prelate emeritus of Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Knights of Malta)
  2. Peru Archbishop Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio (74), Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru)
  3. Argentina Archbishop Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M. (72), Archbishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)
  4. Ecuador Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) and President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador
  5. Chile Archbishop Fernando Natalio ChomalĂ­ Garib (67), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Chile)
  6. Japan Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi (ă‚żăƒ«ăƒă‚·ă‚Ș èŠćœ° 抟), S.V.D. (65), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東äșŹ (Japan), President of Caritas Internationalis, President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan and General Secretary of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences
  7. Philippines Bishop Pablo Virgilio Siongco David (65), Bishop of Kalookan (Philippines) and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (C.B.C.P.)
  8. Serbia Archbishop Ladislav NĂ©met, S.V.D. (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Beograd (Serbia), President of International Episcopal Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius and Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences
  9. Brazil Archbishop Jaime Spengler, O.F.M. (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil), President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil and President of Latin American Episcopal Council
  10. Cote d’Ivoire Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo (63), Metropolitan Archbishop of Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) and Apostolic Administrator of Korhogo (Cote d’Ivoire)
  11. Algeria Archbishop Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P. (62), Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)
  12. Indonesia Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur, O.F.M. (62), Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Indonesia
  13. Iran Archbishop Dominique Joseph Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv. (61), Archbishop of Tehran–Isfahan (Iran) and President of Iranian Episcopal Conference
  14. Italy Archbishop Roberto Repole (57), Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) and Bishop of Susa (Italy)
  15. Italy Bishop Baldassare Reina (53), Titular Bishop of AquĂŠ in Mauretania, Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Ostia (Italy)
  16. Canada Archbishop Francis Leo (53), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada)
  17. Lithuania Archbishop Rolandas Makrickas (52), Titular Archbishop of Tolentino and Coadjutor Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major
  18. Australia Bishop Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R. (44), Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia)
  19. England Fr. Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe, O.P. (79), Master of the Order emeritus of Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
  20. Italy Fr. Fabio Baggio, C.S. (59), Undersecretary of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and Secretary of Vatican COVID-19 Commission
  21. India Msgr. George Jacob Koovakad (51), Priest of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

News

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Papal Audiences

Feasts

  • 2024.10.16: 

Wednesday in the 28á”—Ê° Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Hedwig, religious

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Angra, Boise City, La Serena, Moulins, Plasencia, Santa Fe)

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of AlbarracĂ­n (Teruel y AlbarracĂ­n)

Blessed Augustine Thevarparambil, priest (India)

Blessed Contardo Ferrini (Ambrosian)

Blessed John the Good, religious (Mantova)

Blessed Petra de San José de la Montaña, religious (Målaga)

Saint Bonita of Brioude, virgin (Le Puy-en-Velay)

Saint Dulcidius of Agen, bishop (Agen)

Saint Florentius of Orange, bishop (Avignon)

Saint Gall, abbot (Austria, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Bolzano–Bressanone, Sion, Strasbourg)

Saint Gaudericus of Vilavella (Perpignan–Elne)

Saint Gerard Majella, religious (Napoli, Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–Bisaccia)

Saint Gordan of Anchin, hermit (Cambrai)

Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr (Poitiers)

Saint Junian and Saint Amand, hermits (Limoges)

Saint Longinus (Jerusalem)

Saint Marguerite d’Youville, religious (Canada)

Saint Mommolin of Noyon, bishop (Lille)

Saint Monon of Nassogne, martyr (Namur)

Saint Richard Gwyn, martyr (Wales)

Saint Victor of Capua, bishop (Capua)

The Conversion of Saint Olaf (Norway)

  • 2024.10.17: 

Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Chartres, Poitiers)

Saint Francis Isidore Gagelin, priest and martyr (Quy Nhon)

Saint Lazarus (Marseille)

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin (Extraordinary Form)

  • 2024.10.18: 

Saint Luke, evangelist

  • 2024.10.19: 

Saturday in the 28á”—Ê° Week in Ordinary Time

Saint John de Brébeuf, Saint Isaac Jogues, priests, and companions, martyrs

Saint Paul of the Cross, priest

The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Cusco, Halifax–Yarmouth, Lima, Mondoñedo–Ferrol, Reims)

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Co-Cathedral Basilica of Aquino (Sora–Cassino–Aquino–Pontecorvo)

Blessed Agnes of Jesus, religious (Le Puy-en-Velay, Saint-Flour)

Blessed Jerzy PopieƂuszko, priest and martyr (BiaƂystok, Legnica, Ordynariat Polowy Wojska Polskiego, Warszawa, Warszawa-Praga, WƂocƂawek)

Our Lady of Health (Terrassa)

Saint Acutius and Saint Eutiche, martyrs (Pozzuoli)

Saint Amabilis of Riom, priest (Clermont)

Saint Eusebius of Cremona, priest (Cremona)

Saint Fructuosus, bishop (Braga)

Saint Gatianus of Tours, bishop (Tours)

Saint Gratus of Oloron, bishop (Bayonne)

Saint Just of Novalese, monk and martyr (Susa)

Saint Lucas del EspĂ­ritu Santo, priest, and companions, martyrs (Astorga)

Saint Peter of Alcantara, priest (Extraordinary Form, Brazil, Spain)

Saturday before the Dedication (Ambrosian)

  • 2024.10.20: 

29á”—Ê° Sunday in Ordinary Time

22ⁿᔈ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)

Saint John of Kanty, priest (KrakĂłw)

The Dedication of the Cathedral of Milan, Mother Church of all Ambrosian faithful (Ambrosian)

  • 2024.10.21: 

Monday in the 29á”—Ê° Week in Ordinary Time

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Piazza Armerina)

Blessed Charles the Good, martyr (Hungary)

Blessed Giuseppe Puglisi, priest and martyr (Agrigento, Palermo)

Blessed Jakub Strzemię, bishop (Przemyƛl)

Blessed Karl of Austria (Czechia, Nancy, Sankt Pölten, Wien)

Blessed Nicolas Barré, priest (Paris)

Feria: 22ⁿᔈ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)

Monday in the Week of the Sunday of Dedication (Ambrosian)

Saint Benildus Romançon, religious (Clermont)

Saint Gaspar del Bufalo, priest (Liechtenstein, Albano, Roma, Teramo–Atri)

Saint Hilarion, abbot (Extraordinary Form, Dubrovnik, Jerusalem)

Saint John Paul II, pope (Ajaccio, Angers)

Saint John of Capistrano, priest (Urgell)

Saint Laura Montoya, virgin (Colombia)

Saint Mauront of Marseille, bishop (Marseille)

Saint Miguel Febres Cordero, religious (Bolivia)

Saint Nunilo and Saint Alodia, virgins and martyrs (Pamplona y Tudela)

Saint Severinus of Bordeaux, bishop (Bordeaux)

Saint Tammarus of Campania, bishop (Benevento)

Saint Ursula and companions, virgins and martyrs (Extraordinary Form, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone, Gozo)

Saint Ursula, virgin and martyr (Burgos)

Saints Stephen Cuenot, bishop, Isidore Gagelin and Joseph Marchand, priests, martyrs (Belfort–MontbĂ©liard, Besançon)

  • 2024.10.22: 

Tuesday in the 29á”—Ê° Week in Ordinary Time

Saint John Paul II, pope

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Ajaccio, Angers, Dubrovnik, Guarda, Sandomierz, Valladolid)

Anniversary of the Dedication of the Co-Cathedral (Orvieto–Todi)

Blessed Contardo Ferrini (Berlin)

Blessed Peter of Castello, priest (CittĂ  di Castello)

Feria: 22ⁿᔈ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)

Our Lady of Boulogne (Nanterre)

Saint Bertarius, abbot and martyr (Montecassino)

Saint John of Capistrano, priest (Ukraine, Lanciano–Ortona)

Saint Lawrence of FrazzanĂČ, priest (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, CefalĂč, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani)

Saint Louvent of Saint-Privat, martyr (Mende)

Saint Martin of Dume, bishop (Braga)

Saint Mary Salome (Santiago de Compostela)

Saint Mary of Clopas and Saint Mary Salome (NĂźmes)

Saint Montaine, Saint SĂ©vĂšre and Saint Bertoare, virgins (Bourges)

Saint Nunilo and Saint Alodia, virgins and martyrs (Huesca)

Saint Silvanus, martyr (Limoges)

Tuesday in the Week of the Sunday of Dedication (Ambrosian)

Martyrology

  • 2024.10.16: 

Saint Hedwig, duchess of Silesia

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, visionary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Saint Longinus, soldier at the cross of Jesus

Saint Eliphius, martyr at Toul

Saints Martinian, Saturian and Maxima, martyrs in Africa

Saints Amand and Junien, hermits

Saint Gallus, abbot

Saint Momelin, bishop of Noyon

Saint Lullus, bishop of Mainz

Saint Vital, hermit at Nantes

Saint Gaudéric, farmer

Saint Bonnette, virgin

Saint Anastase, Benedictine monk

Saint Bertrand, bishop of Comminges

Blessed GĂ©rard de Clairvaux, abbot of Clairvaux, martyr

Saint Gerardo Maiella, Redemptorist religious

Blesseds Anicet KopliƄski, Capuchin priest, and Józef Jankowski, Pallotine priest, martyrs at Auschwitz

  • 2024.10.17: 

Saint Ignatius, bishop of Antioch and martyr

Saint Hosea, prophet

Saints Rufus and Zosimus, martyrs

Holy martyrs of Volitani

Saint John, hermit in Egypt

Saint Dulcide, bishop of Agen

Saint Florent, bishop of Orange

Blessed Gilbert, abbot of CĂźteaux

Blessed Baldassarre Ravaschieri, Franciscan priest

Saint Richard Gwyn, martyr of England

Blessed Pietro della NativitĂ  di Maria, Piarist priest

Transitus of Saint Marguerite-Marie Alacoque, virgin

Blessed Jacques Burin, priest and martyr of France

Blesseds Marie-Natalie-Joseph de Saint-Louis and 4 companions, Ursuline virgins, martyrs of France

Saint François-Isidore Gagelin, priest and martyr of Vietnam

Blessed Contardo Ferrini

Blessed Fidel Fuidio RodrĂ­guez, Marist religious, martyr of Spain

Blessed RamĂłn Esteban Bou Pascual, priest and martyr of Spain

Blessed TĂĄrsila CĂłrdoba Belda, martyr of Spain

  • 2024.10.18: 

Saint Luke, evangelist

Saint Ascelpiades, bishop of Antioch

Saints Proculo, Eutichio and Acuzio, martyrs at Pozzuoli

Saint Amable, priest

Saint Monon, martyr in Brabant

Saint Pedro de AlcĂĄntara de Garavito y Vilela de Sanabria, priest, founder of Discalced Franciscans

Passion of Saint Isaac Jogues, Jesuit priest and martyr of America

Birth of Saint Paul of the Cross, priest

  • 2024.10.19: 

Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, Jean de Lalande, René Goupil, Gabriel Lalemant, Antoine Daniel, Charles Garnier and Noël Chabanel, Jesuit religious, martyrs of Canada

Saint Paul of the Cross, priest, founder of the Passionists

Saint Joel, prophet

Saints Ptolemy, Lucius and companions, martyrs at Rome

Saint Asterio, martyr at Ostia

Saints Savinien and Potentien, bishops of Sens, martyrs

Saint Varus, martyr in Egypt

Saint Grat, bishop of Oloron

Saint Ethbin, monk

Saint VĂ©ran, bishop of Cavaillon

Saint Aquilin, bishop of Évreux

Saint Frithuswith, virgin

Blessed Thomas HĂ©lye, priest

Saint Philip Howard, martyr of England

Saints Lucas del Espíritu Santo Alonso Gorda and Matthaeus Kohyƍe, Dominican religious, martyrs of Japan

Blessed AgnĂšs de JĂ©sus Galand, Dominican virgin

  • 2024.10.20: 

Saint Cornelius, centurion

Saint Caprais, martyr

Saint Sindulphe, hermit

Saint Vitale, bishop of Salzburg

Saint Andrew of Crete, monk and martyr at Constantinople

Saint Adérald, archdeacon of Troyes

Saint Adeline, first abbess of Mortain

Blessed Jakub Strzemię, Franciscan, archbishop of Halyč

Saint Maria Bertilla Boscardin, Dorothean virgin

Blessed Jakob Kern, Premonstratensian priest

  • 2024.10.21: 

Saints Dasius, Zoticus and Caius, martyrs at Nicomedia

Saints Ursula and companions, virgins and martyrs at Cologne

Saint Hilarion the Great, abbot at Cyprus

Saint Malchus, monk

Saint Seurin, bishop of Bordeaux

Saint CĂ©line de Laon

Saint Viator of Lyons, lector

Saint Wendelin, hermit

Saint Mauront, abbot of Saint-Victor and later bishop of Marseille

Blessed Pietro Capucci, Dominican priest

Saint Petrus Yu Tae-ch’Əl, martyr of Korea

Saint Laura de Santa Catalina de Siena Montoya y Upegui, virgin of the Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate and Saint Catherine of Siena

  • 2024.10.22: 

Saint John Paul II, pope

Saint Marcus, bishop of Jerusalem

Saint Abercius, bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia

Saints Philip, bishop of Heraclea in Europa, and Hermes, deacon, martyrs

Saint Mellon, bishop of Rouen

Saint ValÚre, deacon and martyr at Besançon

Saint Louvent, abbot of Saint-Privat, martyr

Saint Leotadus, bishop of Auch

Saint Modéran, bishop of Rennes, later abbot of Berceto

Saint BenoĂźt, hermit

Saints Nunilo and Alodia, virgins and martyrs of Spain

Saint Donato di Scozia, bishop of Fiesole


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