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2026.11.01: Dr. Paolo Ruffini (70) resigned as Prefect of Dicastery for Communication
2026.11.01: Dr. Maria Montserrat Alvarado (39) was appointed as Prefect of Dicastery for Communication
2026.10.31: Fr. Pedro de Corpa, O.F.M., and 4 companions were beatified
2026.10.31: Fr. Jean Abou Charouche, M.S.P. (53), was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Myra of the Greek-Melkites
2026.10.31: Bishop Francesco Cavina (71) was appointed as Apostolic Visitator to the Parish of Međugorje of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
2026.10.31: Fr. Martial Bernard (48) was elected Bishop of Soissons (France)
2026.10.31: Archbishop Georgios Altouvas (53), Bishop of Santorini (Greece), Bishop of Syros (Greece), Apostolic Administrator of Crete (Greece) and Archbishop ad personam, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (Greece) and Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki (Greece)
2026.10.31: Archbishop Aldo Cavalli (80) resigned as Apostolic Visitator to the Parish of Međugorje of Mostar–Duvno (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
2026.10.30: Archbishop Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A. (53), succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru)

Necrology

2026.10.31: Bishop Jorge Pedro Carrión Pavlich, Bishop of Puno (Peru), passed away at 76
2026.10.30: Archbishop Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru), passed away at 74
2026.10.29: Archbishop Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of La Serena (Chile), passed away at 90
2026.10.29: Bishop Paweł Socha, C.M., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (Poland), passed away at 91
2026.10.25: Cardinal Paolo Romeo, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani pro hac vice Title and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Palermo (Italy), passed away at 88
2026.10.23: Bishop Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I., Bishop emeritus of Neuquén (Argentina), passed away at 84
2026.10.17: Archbishop Sabri Anar, Archbishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye), passed away at 60
2026.10.13: Bishop Albert Jean Charles Ghislain Houssiau, Bishop emeritus of Liège (Belgium), passed away at 101

Papal Audiences

2026.10.31: Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., Archbishop Dimas Lara Barbosa, Archbishop Nelson Jesus Perez, Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell
2026.10.30: Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Archbishop Arjan Dodaj, Archbishop Giovanni Peragine, B., Bishop Gjergj Meta, Bishop Ottavio Vitale, R.C.J., Fr. Flavio Cavallini, O.F.M., Archbishop Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, C.O.R.C., Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Archbishop Renzo Pegoraro
2026.10.29: Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki, Archbishop José Horacio Gómez Velasco, Opus Dei, Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B.
2026.10.26: Bishop José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León, I.M.C., Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C.
2026.10.24: Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., Cardinal Marcello Semeraro

Feasts

2026.11.02:	The Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (All Souls) Monday in the 31ˢᵗ Week in Ordinary Time (Helsinki)
2026.11.03:	Tuesday in the 31ˢᵗ Week in Ordinary Time Saint Martin de Porres, religious All Saints of Spain (Sevilla) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (São Tomé and Príncipe, Chosica, Cincinnati, Viana do Castelo) Blessed Manuel Lozano Garrido (Jaén) Blessed Margaret of Lorraine, religious (Laval, Nancy) Blessed Pio Campidelli, religious (Rimini) Blessed Rupert Mayer, priest (Germany) Blessed Simone Balacchi, religious (Rimini) Commemoration of Deceased Bishops and Priests of the Diocese (Sora–Cassino–Aquino–Pontecorvo, Teggiano–Policastro, Velletri–Segni) Feria: 23ʳᵈ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Saint Amicus of Avellana, priest (Trivento) Saint Berard, bishop (Avezzano, Palestrina) Saint Engratia, virgin and martyr, and Protomartyrs of Saragossa (Zaragoza) Saint Ermengol of Urgell, bishop (Solsona, Urgell) Saint Gaudiosus of Tarazona, obispo (Barbastro–Monzón, Tarazona) Saint Hubertus of Liège, bishop (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone, Breda, Roermond, ’s-Hertogenbosch) Saint Justus of Trieste, martyr (Slovenia, Trieste) Saint Libertine of Agrigento, bishop and martyr (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) Saint Malachy, bishop (Ireland) Saint Marcellus of Paris, bishop (Paris) Saint Papoul, martyr (Carcassonne et Narbonne) Saint Pedro Almato, priest and martyr (Vic) Saint Pierre-François Néron and companions, martyrs (Saint-Claude) Saint Pirmin, abbot and bishop (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Bolzano–Bressanone, Chur, Strasbourg) Saint Severus, martyr (Aire et Dax) Saint Silvia, religious (Acireale, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) Saint Valentine, priest, and Hilarius, deacon, protomartyrs of Viterbo (Viterbo) Saint Victorinus of Pettau, bishop and martyr (Slovenia) Saint Winifride, abbess and martyr (England, Wales) Tuesday in the Week of the 2ⁿᵈ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian) Daily Mass for the Dead (Extraordinary Form)
2026.11.04:	Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (San Jose) Our Lady of Paradise (Mazara del Vallo) Saint Vitalis and Saint Agricola, martyrs (Extraordinary Form, Bologna) Daily Mass for the Dead (Extraordinary Form)
2026.11.05:	Thursday in the 31ˢᵗ Week in Ordinary Time All Holy Martyrs of Sirmium (Mostar–Duvno, Srijem, Đakovo–Osijek) All Saints and Blesseds of the Diocese (Mantova) All Saints of the Churches of Sicilia (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) All Saints of the Churches of Tuscany (Pisa) All Saints of the Diocese (Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni, Ancona–Osimo, Benevento, Clermont, Nancy, Palestrina, Périgueux, Rieti, Santander, Sion) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (San Juan de Puerto Rico, Trieste) Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg, priest and martyr (Berlin, München und Freising) Blessed María Rafols, virgin (Huesca, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Zaragoza) Commemoration of Deceased Bishops of the Diocese (Isernia–Venafro) Commemoration of Deceased Bishops, Priests and Deacons who exercised their ministry in the Diocese (Trivento) Commemoration of Deceased Priests of the Diocese (Birmingham) Feria: 23ʳᵈ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Saint Angela of the Cross Guerrero González, virgin (Spain) Saint Caesarius of Terracina, martyr (Latina–Terracina–Sezze–Priverno) Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop (Bologna) Saint Emeric of Hungary (Hungary, Banská Bystrica, Košice, Nitra, Rožňava, Trnava) Saint Gerald of Béziers, bishop (Montpellier) Saint Goussaud of Auvergne, hermit (Limoges) Saint Lautein, abbot (Saint-Claude) Saint Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Church (Ravenna–Cervia) Saint Martin de Porres, religious (Ireland, Chosica, München und Freising, Solsona, Urgell, Viana do Castelo) Saint Odrada of Alem, virgin (Antwerpen) Saints with relics venerated in the churches of the Diocese (Aire et Dax, Anagni–Alatri, Ariano Irpino–Lacedonia, Astorga, Aversa, Avezzano, Belluno–Feltre, Campobasso–Boiano, Città di Castello, Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino, León, Montecassino, Nola, Pescara–Penne, Poitiers, Salerno–Campagna–Acerno, Teramo–Atri, Toledo, Zagreb) Thursday in the Week of the 2ⁿᵈ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian) Commemoration of Deceased Priests and Religious (Southern Arabia) Daily Mass for the Dead (Extraordinary Form)
2026.11.06:	Friday in the 31ˢᵗ Week in Ordinary Time All Saints and Blesseds of the Patriarchate (Venezia) All Saints of Africa (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda) All Saints of Ireland (Ireland) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Berlin, Evansville, Yakima) Blessed Andrés Jiménez Galera, priest, Blessed José María de la Virgen Dolorosa, religious, and companions, martyrs (Almería) Blessed Antero Mateo and companions, martyrs (León) Blessed Avelino Blas Rodríguez Alonso, priest, and companions, martyrs (Astorga) Blessed Contardo Ferrini (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, Cefalù, Mazara del Vallo, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) Blessed Enrique Vidaurreta Palma, priest, Blessed Juan Duarte Martín, deacon, and companions, martyrs (Málaga) Blessed Felipe Barba, priest, and companions, martyrs (Zamora) Blessed Fernando Llovera Puigsech, priest, and companions, martyrs (Arecibo) Blessed Joaquín Esnaola, priest, Blessed Clara Ezcurra, virgin, and companions, martyrs (San Sebastián) Blessed José Osés Sáinz, Blessed Manuel Martínez Jarauta, religious, and Blessed Daría Andiarena Sagaseta, virgin, and companions, martyrs (Pamplona y Tudela) Blessed León Inchausti, priest, and companions, martyrs (Bilbao) Blessed Manuel Basulto Jiménez, bishop, and companions, martyrs (Jaén) Blessed Pascual Fortuño Almela, priest, and companions, martyrs (Segorbe–Castellón de la Plana) Blessed Rupert Mayer, priest (Denver) Blessed Saturnino Ortega Montealegre and Blessed José María Ruiz Cano, priests, and companions, martyrs (Sigüenza–Guadalajara) Blessed Urban V, pope (Avignon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nîmes) Blessed Valentín Palencia Marquina, priest, and companions, martyrs (Burgos) Commemoration of Deceased Bishops, Priests and Deacons who exercised their ministry in the Diocese (Teramo–Atri) Feria: 23ʳᵈ Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form) Friday in the Week of the 2ⁿᵈ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian) Holy Preachers of the Faith in the Netherlands (Netherlands) Our Lady of Suffrage (Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino) Saint Illtud, abbot (Wales) Saint Leonard of Noblac, abbot (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Bolzano–Bressanone, Limoges, Tulle) Saint Modesta of Oeren, abbess (Trier) Saint Nuno de Santa Maria, religious (Angola, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe) Saint Pedro Poveda Castroverde, Saint Innocencio of Mary Immaculate, priests, and companions, martyrs (Spain) Saint Perpetus of Maastricht, bishop (Namur) Saint Romulus of Bourges, abbot (Bourges) Saint Severus of Barcelona, bishop and martyr (Barcelona) Saint Winnoc of Bergues, abbot (Lille) Daily Mass for the Dead (Extraordinary Form)
2026.11.07:	Saturday in the 31ˢᵗ Week in Ordinary Time The Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday All Holy Archbishops and Other Saints of the Archdiocese (Bourges) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Carcassonne et Narbonne, Southwark) Blessed Anthony Baldinucci, priest (Anagni–Alatri, Frascati, Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino) Blessed Francisco de Jesús Palau, priest (Ibiza, Lleida, Mallorca, Tarragona) Blessed Lucia da Settefonti, virgin (Bologna) Blessed Urban V, pope (Mende) Commemoration of Deceased Faithful of the Archdiocese (Évora) Our Lady, Mediatrix (Argentina) Saint Angela of the Cross Guerrero González, virgin (León) Saint Engelbert of Berg, bishop and martyr (Köln) Saint Ercolanus, bishop and martyr (Perugia–Città della Pieve) Saint Florentius of Strasbourg, bishop (Strasbourg) Saint Israel, priest, and Saint Theobald, deacon (Limoges) Saint Jacinto María Castañeda, priest and martyr (Valencia) Saint Leopardus of Osimo, bishop (Ancona–Osimo) Saint Pedro Poveda Castroverde, Saint Innocencio of Mary Immaculate, priests, and companions, martyrs (Barcelona) Saint Peter Wu Guosheng, martyr (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Saint Prosdocimus of Padua, bishop (Belluno–Feltre, Rieti, Vittorio Veneto) Saint Stephen of Apt, bishop (Avignon, Montpellier) Saint Vincenzo Grossi, priest (Cremona) Saint Willibrord, bishop (Austria, England, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Antwerpen, Bolzano–Bressanone, Brugge, Gent, Hasselt, København, Liège, Mechelen–Brussel, Tournai) Saint and Blessed Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of Naples (Napoli) Saints with relics venerated in the churches of the Diocese (Velletri–Segni) Saturday in the Week of the 2ⁿᵈ Sunday after the Dedication (Ambrosian) Daily Mass for the Dead (Extraordinary Form)
2026.11.08:	32ⁿᵈ Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Ambrosian) Resumed 5ᵗʰ Sunday after Epiphany (Extraordinary Form) Saint Austremonius of Auvergne, bishop (Clermont) The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome (Bourges, Getafe, København, Madrid)

Martyrology

2026.11.02:	The Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed Saint Victorinus, bishop of Ptuj Saint Giusto, martyr at Trieste Saints Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Agapius and companions, martyrs at Sebaste Saints Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpidephorus, Anempodistus and companions, martyrs in Persia Saint Domnin, bishop of Vienne Saint Marcian, hermit Saint Ambroise, abbot of Agaune Saint Winifride, virgin Saint Georges, bishop of Vienne Saint Malachy O’Morgair, bishop of Down Blessed Marguerite de Lorraine-Vaudémont, duchess of Alençon, widow Blessed John Bodey, martyr of England Blessed Pio di San Luigi, Passionist religious
2026.11.03:	Saint Martin de Porres, Dominican religious Saints Germanus, Theophilus and Cyril, martyrs at Caesarea in Cappadocia Saint Libertino, bishop of Agrigento and martyr Saint Papoul, martyr in France Saints Valentino and Ilario, martyrs at Viterbo Saint Gwenaël, abbot of Landévennec Saint Silvia, mother of Saint Gregory the Great Saint Pirminius, bishop abbot of Reichenau and Murbach Saint Joannicius the Great, monk Saint Odrada, virgin Saint Ermengol, bishop of Urgell Saint Berardo, bishop of Marsi, cardinal Blessed Alpais, virgin Saint Ida, hermit Blessed Simone Balacchi, Dominican religious Birth of Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop and cardinal Saint Pierre-François Néron, priest and martyr of Vietnam
2026.11.04:	Saint Charles Borromeo, archbishop of Milan, cardinal Saints Vitale and Agricola, martyrs at Bologna Saints Nicander, bishop, and Hermas, priest, martyrs at Myra Saint Pierio, priest at Alexandria of Egypt Saint Amans, first bishop of Rodez Saint Perpète, bishop of Maastricht Saint Modesta, abbess of Öhren Saint Emeric, prince of Hungary Blessed Elena Enselmini, Clarisse virgin Saint Félix de Valois, founder of the Trinitarians Blessed Françoise d’Amboise, Carmelite widow
2026.11.05:	Saint Domninus, martyr in Palestine Saints Theotimus, Philoteus, Timothy and Aussentius, martyrs in Palestine Saint Marco, bishop of Eca Saint Fibicius, bishop of Trier Saint Guéthenoc, abbess Saint Bertille, abbess Saint Guiraud, bishop of Béziers Blessed Gomidas Keumurdjian, priest and martyr at Constantinople Saint Ðaminh Mầu, Dominican priest, martyr of Vietnam Saint Guido Maria Conforti, archbishop of Ravenna, founder of the Xaverians Blessed Joan Antoni Burró Mas, Hospitaller religious, martyr of Spain Blessed María del Carmen Viel Ferrando, virgin and martyr of Spain Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg, priest and martyr of Germany Blessed Hryhorii, auxiliary bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians, martyr in Russia
2026.11.06:	Saint Felix, martyr in Numidia Saint Paul, bishop of Constantinople Saint Melaine, bishop of Rennes Saint Illtud, abbot Saint Leonard, hermit Saints Callinicus, Imerius, Theodore, Stephen, Peter, Paul, Theodore, John, John, and companions, martyrs in Gaza Saint Severo, bishop of Barcelona and martyr Saint Protais, bishop of Lausanne Saint Winoc, abbot Saint Étienne, bishop of Apt Saint Théobald, deacon Blessed Christina von Stommeln Bruso, virgin
2026.11.07:	Saint Prosdocimo, first bishop of Padua Saint Athenodorus, bishop of Amasea Saint Amaranthe, martyr at Albi Saints Hiero and companions, martyrs at Melitine Saint Ercolano, bishop of Perugia and martyr Saint Baud, bishop of Tours Saint Congar, abbot Saint Florent, bishop of Strasbourg Saint Willibrord, bishop of Utrecht Saint Lazaros, stylite Saint Engelbert, bishop of Cologne and martyr Blessed Antonio Baldinucci, Jesuit priest Saints Jacinto María Castañeda Puchasóns and Vinh-Sơn Lê Quang Liêm, Dominican priests and martyrs of Vietnam Saint Petrus Wu Guosheng, catechist and martyr of China Saint Vincenzo Grossi, priest, founder of the Daughters of the Oratory
2026.11.08:	Saints Symphorian, Claudius, Nicostratus, Castorius and Simplicius, martyrs at Sirmium Saint Clair, priest Saint Adeodatus I, pope Saint Willehad, bishop of Bremen Saint Geoffroy, bishop of Amiens Blessed Johannes Duns Scotus, Franciscan priest Blessed Maria Crocifissa Satellico, Clarisse abbess Saints Giuse Nguyễn Ðình Nghi, Phaolô Nguyễn Ngân, Martinô Tạ Ðức Thịnh, priests, Martinô Thọ and Gioan Baotixita Cỏn, martyrs of Vietnam

Jubilarians

2026.11.06: Bishop Manuel Edmilson da Cruz (102), Bishop emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil), celebrates 60 years as bishop
2026.11.09: Bishop Joseph Luc André Bouchard (76), Bishop emeritus of Trois-Rivières (Canada), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.11.09: Bishop João Nílton dos Santos Souza (83), Bishop emeritus of Amargosa (Brazil), celebrates 40 years as bishop
2026.11.10: Bishop Manoel dos Reis de Farias (80), Bishop emeritus of Petrolina (Brazil), celebrates 25 years as bishop
2026.11.13: Archbishop Juan Alberto Puiggari (76), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Paraná (Argentina), celebrates 50 years as priest

Major Papal Documents

2026.09.01: Motu Proprio “Abrogating the Motu Proprio “Un futuro sostenibile””
2026.08.29: Motu Proprio “Amending Canons 106 and 126 of the Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium”
2026.07.31: Law “Fundamental Law of the Vatican City State”
2026.06.24: Motu Proprio Confirma fratres tuos On the revision of the Apostolic Constitution “In Ecclesiarum Communione”
2026.05.20: Law “Statutes of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors”

Curial Documents

Minor Papal Documents

2026.10.22: Message “Video Message of invitation to register for World Youth Day Seoul 2027”
2026.10.13: Message “St the conclusion of the Meeting on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Amoris laetitia”
2026.10.11: Letter To Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
2026.10.07: Message For the 100ᵗʰ World Mission Sunday
2026.09.14: Letter “Chirograph on the new premises to be allocated to the Vatican Apostolic Archives and the Vatican Apostolic Library”

Papal Speeches

2026.10.22: Speech To the participants in the International Congress on the Pastoral Care of Schools and Universities
2026.10.22: Speech To the delegation of the American Jewish Committee
2026.10.21: Speech To participants in the conference promoted by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
2026.10.14: Homily “Mass at the conclusion of the meeting marking the 10ᵗʰ Anniversary of the Publication of the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia”
2026.10.12: Speech To the members of the Circle of St Peter
2026.10.10: Speech To the participants in the Meeting of Museum Directors from around the world (Bizot Group)
2026.10.10: Speech To the participants in the Synod of Bishops of the Greek-Melkite Church of Antioch
2026.10.08: Homily “Mass for the Inauguration of the Academic Year of the Pontifical Universities”
2026.10.07: Speech “Greeting to the Louisiana Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums”
2026.10.07: Speech “Meeting with the Heads of Eastern Churches and the Presidents of Episcopal Conferences on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Amoris laetitia”