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News

2025.03.01: Fr. Justin Georges Ebengue (54) was consecrated as Bishop of Yokadouma (Cameroon)
2025.03.01: Fr. Franck Javary (57) was consecrated as Bishop of Châlons (France)
2025.03.01: Fr. John Carvalho (55), Priest of Ajmer (India), was elected Bishop of Ajmer (India)
2025.03.01: Bishop Oswald Joseph Lewis (80) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ajmer (India)
2025.03.01: Archbishop Emilio Nappa (52), Adjunct Secretary for the Section of Evangelisation of Dicastery for Evangelisation, was appointed as Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State
2025.03.01: Fr. Bernardino Giordano (54) was consecrated as Bishop of Grosseto (Italy) and Bishop of Pitigliano–Sovana–Orbetello (Italy)
2025.03.01: Sr. Raffaella Petrini, F.S.E. (56), Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State and President of Committee for Monetary Matters of Vatican City State, was appointed as Member of Financial Security Committee, President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of Governorate of Vatican City State
2025.03.01: Mr. Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi (58), Member of Financial Security Committee, Vice Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State and Member of Commission of Donations for the Holy See, was appointed as Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State
2025.03.01: Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C. (80), Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani and Member of Council of Cardinals, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Spain)

Necrology

2025.02.25: Bishop Kazimierz Romaniuk, Bishop emeritus of Warszawa-Praga (Poland), passed away at 97
2025.02.24: Archbishop Gerardo Pierro, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Salerno–Campagna–Acerno (Italy), passed away at 89
2025.02.22: Bishop Germán Trajano Pavón Puente, Bishop emeritus of Ambato (Ecuador), passed away at 88
2025.02.19: Bishop William Walsh, Bishop emeritus of Killaloe (Ireland), passed away at 90
2025.02.19: Bishop Nicolás Antonio Castellanos Franco, O.S.A., Bishop emeritus of Palencia (Spain), passed away at 90
2025.02.13: Archbishop Edgerton Roland Clarke, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica), passed away at 95
2025.02.12: Archbishop Giuseppe Verucchi, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ravenna–Cervia (Italy), passed away at 87
2025.02.10: Bishop Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R., Bishop emeritus of Mocoa–Sibundoy (Colombia), passed away at 90

Papal Audiences

2025.02.14: Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle
2025.02.12: Archbishop Franco Coppola
2025.02.10: Archbishop Giorgio Lingua, Bishop Marie Fabien Samuelin Raharilamboniaina, O.C.D., Bishop Jean Pascal Andriantsoavina, Bishop Jean Claude Rakotoarisoa
2025.02.08: Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., Bishop Gerardo Antonazzo
2025.02.06: Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop Antoine Camilleri, Cardinal Jaime Spengler, O.F.M., Archbishop João Justino de Medeiros Silva, Archbishop Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa, Bishop Ricardo Hoepers, Fr. Bernard Touma, B.C.

Feasts

2025.03.24:	Monday in the 3ʳᵈ Week of Lent Saint Gabriel, archangel (Extraordinary Form) Saint Macartan, bishop (Ireland)
2025.03.25:	The Annunciation of the Lord Our Lady at the Annunciation of the Lord (Le Puy-en-Velay, Moulins) Tuesday in the 3ʳᵈ Week of Lent (Extraordinary Form)
2025.03.26:	Wednesday in the 3ʳᵈ Week of Lent Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Kamloops, Prince George, Stockton) Blessed Diego José de Cádiz, priest (Guadix) Saint Braulius of Saragossa, bishop (Zaragoza) Saint Castulus, martyr (München und Freising) Saint Dismas (Kingston, Przemyśl) Saint Ludger of Münster, bishop (Austria, Germany, Groningen–Leeuwarden, Utrecht)
2025.03.27:	Thursday in the 3ʳᵈ Week of Lent Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Porto–Santa Rufina) Blessed Francesco Faa di Bruno, priest (Torino) Blessed Louis-Édouard Cestac, prêtre (Bayonne) Saint John Damascene, confessor and doctor of the Church (Extraordinary Form) Saint Lucy Filippini, virgin (Civitavecchia–Tarquinia)
2025.03.28:	Friday in the 3ʳᵈ Week of Lent Blessed Jeanne-Marie de Maille, hermit (Tours) Saint John Capistran, confessor (Extraordinary Form)
2025.03.29:	Saturday in the 3ʳᵈ Week of Lent
2025.03.30:	4ᵗʰ Sunday of Lent (Laetare)

Martyrology

2025.03.24:	Saints Timolaus, Denis, Pausides, Alexander, Romulus, Alexander, Agapius and Denis martyrs Saint Secundulus, martyr Saint Macartan, bishop of Clogher Saint Severo, bishop of Catania Blessed Giovanni del Bastone, priest and monk Saint Catherine of Vadstena, virgin Blessed Diego José da Cadice López-Caamaño García-Pérez, Capuchin priest Blessed Maria od Jezusa Ukrzyżowanego Karłowska, virgin, founder of the Sisters of the Holy Shepherd of Divine Providence
2025.03.25:	The Annunciation of the Lord The Good Thief Saint Dulas, martyr Saint Quirino, martyr at Rome Saint Matrona, martyr at Thessalonica Saint Mona, bishop of Milan Saint Hermeland, monk at Fontanelle Saint Nicodemo, hermit Saint Procopius, hermit Blessed Eberhard, monk Blessed Tommaso, hermit Saint Margaret Clitherow, martyr of England Blessed James Bird, martyr of England Saint Lucia Filippini, founder of Maestre Pie Blessed Placido Riccardi, priest Blessed Yosafata Hordashevs’ka, virgin, founder of the Handmaids of Mary Immaculate, martyr of Ukraine Blessed Omeljan Kovč, priest and martyr of Poland Blessed Hilary Januszewski, Discalced Carmelite priest and martyr at Dachau
2025.03.26:	Saint Castulo, martyr at Rome on Via Labicana Saints Emmanuel, Sabinus, Quadratus and Theodosius, martyrs Saints Montanus, priest, and Maxima, wife, martyrs Saint Eutychius, subdeacon of Alexandria and martyr Saint Peter, bishop of Sebastea Saint Bercaire, first abbot of Hautvilliers Saints Baronzio and Desiderio, hermits Saint Liudger, bishop of Münster Blessed Maddalena Caterina Morano, Salesian virgin
2025.03.27:	Saint Rupert, bishop of Salzburg Blessed Pellegrino da Falerone, Franciscan priest Blessed Panacea De’ Muzzi, virgin and martyr Blessed Francesco Faà di Bruno, priest, founder of the Sisters of Our Lady of Suffrage and Saint Zita
2025.03.28:	Saint Castor, martyr at Tarsus Saints Priscus, Malchus and Alexander, martyrs Saint Cyril, deacon and martyr Saint Proterius, bishop of Alexandria of Egypt Saint Gontran, king of the Franks Saint Hilarion, hegumen in Bithynia and martyr Saint Stephen Harding, abbot Saint Cono, monk Blessed Antonio da Monticiano Patrizi, Augustinian priest Blessed Jeanne-Marie de Maillé, widow Blessed Christopher Wharton, priest and martyr of England Blessed Renée-Marie Feillatreau épouse Dumont, martyr of France Saint Józef Sebastian Pelczar, bishop of Przemyśl, founder of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
2025.03.29:	Saint Eustasio, bishop of Naples Saint Mark, bishop of Aretusa Saints Armogastes, Archinimus and Saturus, martyrs Saint Berthold, founder of the Carmelites Saint Guillaume Tempier, bishop of Poitiers Saint Ludolf, bishop of Ratzeburg and martyr Blessed John Hambley, priest and martyr of England
2025.03.30:	Saint Secondo, martyr in Lombardia Saint Domninus, martyr in Macedonia Saint Regulus, bishop of Arles Holy martyrs of Constantinople during the time of Emperor Constantius Saint John Climacus, abbot Saint Zosimo, bishop of Syracuse Saint Osburh, first abbess of Coventry Saint Clinio, abbot Saint Pietro Regalado, Franciscan priest Blessed Amédée IX, duke of Savoy Saints Antoine-Marie-Nicolas Daveluy, bishop and apostolic vicar of Korea, Pierre Aumaître and Martin-Luc Huin, priests, Iosephus Chang Chu-gi, Thomas Son Cha-sŏn and Lucas Hwang Sŏk-tu, catechists, martyrs of Korea Saint Ludovico da Casoria Palmentieri, Franciscan priest, founder of Congregation of the Brothers of Charity Saint Leonardo Murialdo, priest, founder of the Congregation of Saint Joseph Saint Julio Álvarez Mendoza, priest and martyr of Mexico Blessed Maria Restituta Kafka, virgin of the Third Order of Saint Francis of Christian Charity and martyr at Vienna

Jubilarians

2025.03.25: Bishop Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez (86), Bishop emeritus of Barahona (Dominican Republic), celebrates 60 years as priest
2025.03.25: Bishop Andherson Franklin Lustoza de Souza (55), Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória (Brazil), celebrates 25 years as priest
2025.03.25: Bishop Vicente Horacio Saeteros Sierra (56), Bishop of Machala (Ecuador), celebrates 25 years as priest
2025.03.25: Archbishop Jorge Eduardo Lozano (70), Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2025.03.25: Archbishop Henryk Józef Muszyński (92), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gniezno (Poland) and former Apostolic Administrator of Lviv of the Armenians (Ukraine), celebrates 40 years as bishop
2025.03.25: Bishop Joseph Francis Kweku Essien (79), Bishop emeritus of Wiawso (Ghana), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2025.03.25: Bishop Aurelio José Kühn Hergenreder, O.F.M. (86), Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Deán Funes (Argentina), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2025.03.25: Bishop Vilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P. (63), Bishop emeritus of Liepāja (Latvia) and former General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Latvia, celebrates 25 years as bishop
2025.03.25: Bishop Francesco Guido Ravinale (81), Bishop emeritus of Asti (Italy), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2025.03.25: Bishop Max John Rodrigues (86), Bishop emeritus of Hyderabad (Pakistan), celebrates 25 years as bishop

Major Papal Documents

2024.11.20: Motu Proprio “Statutes of the Pontifical Committee for World Children’s Day”
2024.10.24: Encyclical Dilexit nos On the human and divine love of the Heart of Jesus Christ
2024.10.01: Motu Proprio “On the distribution of the territory of the Diocese of Rome”
2024.07.01: Motu Proprio “Statutes of the “Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network” Vatican Foundation”
2024.06.29: Law “Staff Regulation of Fabric of Saint Peter in the Vatican”

Curial Documents

Minor Papal Documents

2025.02.26: Message For the course for those responsible for episcopal liturgical celebrations at the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant’Anselmo
2025.02.26: Message To participants in the General Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life “The End of the World? Crises, Responsibilities, Hopes”
2025.02.11: Letter “Chirograph instituting the Commissio de donationibus pro Sancta Sede”
2025.02.11: Message For the 2025 Fraternity Campaign of the Church in Brazi
2025.02.10: Letter To the Bishops of the United States of America

Papal Speeches

2025.03.09: Homily “Jubilee of the World of Volunteering – Mass”
2025.03.05: Homily “Mass, Blessing and Imposition of the Ashes”
2025.02.23: Homily “Jubilee of Deacons - Mass with Ordination of Deacons”
2025.02.16: Homily “Jubilee of Artists and the World of Culture – Mass”
2025.02.14: Speech To members of the Gaudium et Spes Foundation
2025.02.09: Homily “Jubilee of the Armed Forces, Police and Security Personnel – Mass”
2025.02.08: Speech To members of the Executive Commission of the Second International Congress of Confraternities and popular piety (Sevilla)
2025.02.07: Speech To members of the “Talitha Kum” Network on the occasion of the World Day of Prayer against Human Trafficking
2025.02.06: Speech To members of the Order of Midwives of Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone and Vibo Valentia
2025.02.06: Speech To participants in the study visit of young priests and monks of the Oriental Orthodox Churches