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News
- 2026.02.16:
Cardinal Arlindo Gomes Furtado (76) resigned as Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde) - 2026.02.16: Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp. (62), Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil), was appointed as Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)
- 2026.02.16:
Archbishop Javier Herrera Corona (äœæćČ) (57), Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia - 2026.02.15:
Fr. François Halyday Mbouangui (48) was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Nkayi (Congo-Brazzaville) - 2026.02.14:
Fr. Miro Relota, O.F.M. (60), was consecrated as Military Ordinary of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - 2026.02.14:
Bishop Farly Yovany Gil Betancur (51) resigned as Apostolic Administrator of MonterĂa (Colombia) - 2026.02.14: Bishop RubĂ©n DarĂo Jaramillo Montoya (59), Bishop of Buenaventura (Colombia), was appointed as Bishop of MonterĂa (Colombia)
- 2026.02.14:
Fr. Francisco Antonio Agnelo Jacinto Pinheiro (53), Priest of Goa and Daman (India), was elected Bishop of Sindhudurg (India) - 2026.02.14:
Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo (76) was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Amarillo (USA) - 2026.02.14: Bishop Patrick James Zurek (77) resigned as Bishop of Amarillo (USA)
Necrology
- 2026.02.11:
Archbishop Alfio Rapisarda, Titular Archbishop of Canne, passed away at 92 - 2026.02.09: Archbishop Riccardo Fontana, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of ArezzoâCortonaâSansepolcro (Italy), passed away at 79
- 2026.02.08:
Bishop Kazimierz Wielikosielec (ĐĐ°Đ·iĐŒiŃ ĐДлŃĐșĐ°ŃДлДŃ), O.P., Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Pinsk (Belarus), passed away at 80 - 2026.02.06:
Bishop Pietro Gabrielli, S.D.B., Vicar Apostolic emeritus of MĂ©ndez (Ecuador), passed away at 94 - 2026.02.05: Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza, Opus Dei, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guayaquil (Ecuador), passed away at 86
- 2026.02.04:
Bishop Julian Andrzej Wojtkowski, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Warmia (Poland), passed away at 99 - 2026.02.02: Bishop Miguel Angel Alba DĂaz, Bishop emeritus of La Paz (Mexico), passed away at 75
- 2026.01.31:
Bishop Maximilian Aichern, O.S.B., Bishop emeritus of Linz (Austria), passed away at 93
Papal Audiences
- 2026.02.16:
Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., Sr. Alessandra Smerilli, F.M.A., 
Msgr. Fernando Ocåriz Braña, Opus Dei, 
Archbishop Charles John Brown, Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro - 2026.02.14: Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., Archbishop Franco Coppola, Dr. Joachim von Braun, Sr. Helen Alford, O.P.,
Bishop JesĂșs FernĂĄndez GonzĂĄlez - 2026.02.13:
Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Dr. Cristiane Murray, 
Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri - 2026.02.12:
Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B., Fr. Wojciech Giertych, O.P., Archbishop Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, Archbishop Maurizio Bravi, Msgr. Fernando Chica Arellano, 
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk - 2026.02.11: Bishop Massimiliano Palinuro, Bishop Heinrich Timmerevers
Feasts
| 6á”Ê° Sunday in Ordinary Time Last Sunday after Epiphany (Ambrosian) Quinquagesima Sunday (Extraordinary Form) |
| Monday in the 6á”Ê° Week in Ordinary Time Blessed Joseph Allamano, priest (Torino) Blessed Juan de Santo Domingo, priest, and companions, martyrs (Astorga) Blessed Mariano Arciero, priest (Napoli, SalernoâCampagnaâAcerno) Blessed Nicola Paglia, priest (PerugiaâCittĂ della Pieve) Feria: Quinquagesima Sunday (Extraordinary Form) Monday in the Last Week after Epiphany (Ambrosian) Saint Armentarius of Antibes, bishop (Nice) Saint Juliana of Nicomedia, virgin and martyr (Pozzuoli, Santander) Saint Philippa Mareri, virgin (Rieti) |
| Tuesday in the 6á”Ê° Week in Ordinary Time The Seven Founders of the Order of Servites, religious Blessed Reginald of Orleans, priest (OrlĂ©ans) Feria: Quinquagesima Sunday (Extraordinary Form) Saint Bonosus of Trier, bishop (Trier) Saint Constabilis, abbot (Santissima TrinitĂ di Cava deâ Tirreni, Vallo della Lucania) Saint Donatus, Saint Secundian, Saint Romulus and companions, martyrs (Vicenza) Saint Fintan of Clonenagh, abbot (Ireland, Argyll and The Isles) Tuesday in the Last Week after Epiphany (Ambrosian) Lunar New Year (Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam) |
| Ash Wednesday Wednesday in the Last Week after Epiphany (Ambrosian) |
| Thursday after Ash Wednesday Thursday in the Last Week after Epiphany (Ambrosian) Blessed Elisabetta Picenardi, virgin (Mantova) Blessed Ălvaro of Cordoba, priest (CĂłrdoba) Saint Barbatus of Benevento, bishop (Benevento, Cerreto SannitaâTeleseâSantâAgata deâ Goti) Saint Beatus of LiĂ©bana, priest (Santander) Saint Boniface of Brussels, bishop (MechelenâBrussel) Saint Conrad of Piacenza, hermit (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, CefalĂč, Mazara del Vallo, MessinaâLipariâSanta Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) Saint Lucy Yi Zhenmei, virgin and martyr (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Saint Quodvultdeus and Saint Gaudiosus, bishops (Napoli) Saint Theotonius of Coimbra, priest (Viseu) Saint Turibius de Mongrovejo, bishop (Ambrosian) Saint Valerius of Antibes, bishop and martyr (Nice) Day of Prayer for Sanctifying Works (Vietnam) |
| Friday after Ash Wednesday Friday in the Last Week after Epiphany (Ambrosian) Saint Eleutherius of Tournai, bishop (Brugge, Lille) Saint Eucherius of OrlĂ©ans, bishop (Hasselt) Saint Francisco Marto and Saint Jacinta Marto (Angola, Cabo Verde, Hungary, Luxembourg, Portugal, SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe, Timor-Leste) Saint Leo of Catania, bishop (Acireale, Agrigento, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Catania, CefalĂč, Mazara del Vallo, MessinaâLipariâSanta Lucia del Mela, Monreale, Nicosia, Noto, Palermo, Patti, Piazza Armerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani) |
| Saturday after Ash Wednesday Saint Peter Damian, bishop and doctor of the Church Saturday in the Last Week after Epiphany (Ambrosian) Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Salt Lake City) Blessed Enrichetta Alfieri, virgin (Torino) Blessed NoĂ«l Pinot, priest and martyr (Angers) Saint Gondelbert of Sens, bishop (Saint-DiĂ©) Saint Margaret of Cortona (PerugiaâCittĂ della Pieve) Saint Paul Liu Hanzuo, priest and martyr (Hong Kong, Taiwan) The Five Wounds of the Lord (Macau) |
Martyrology
| Blessed Onesimus, slave welcomed by Saint Paul Saints Faustinus and Jovita, martyrs Saints Isicus, priest, Joseph, Zosimus, Baralus and Agapis, martyrs Saint Georgette, virgin Saint Quenin, bishop of Vaison Saint Severo, priest Saint Decoroso, bishop of Capua Saint Valfredo, abbot Saint Sigfrid, bishop of VÀxjö, apostle of Sweden Blessed Angelo Scarpetti, Augustinian priest Saint Claude La ColombiÚre, Jesuit priest |
| Saint Juliana, virgin and martyr Saints Elias, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Samuel, Daniel and companions, martyrs Saint Maruthas, archbishop of Martyropolis Blessed Filippa Mareri, founder of the Franciscan monastery of Borgo San Pietro Blessed Nicola Paglia, Dominican priest Saint Giuseppe Allamano, priest, founder of the Consolata Missionaries |
| 7 holy founders of the Order of the Servants of Mary Saint Theodore, martyr at Amasea Saint Bonosus, bishop of Trier Saint Mesrop, monk in Armenia Saint Fintan, founder and abbot of the monastery of Cluain Ednech Saint Flavian, bishop of Constantinople Saint Finan, bishop abbot of Lindisfarne Saint Silvin, bishop of ThĂ©rouanne Saint Costabile, abbot of Cava Saint Evermod, Premonstratensian, bishop of Ratzeburg Blessed Luca Belludi, Franciscan priest Saint Petrus Yu ChĆng-nyul, martyr of Korea Blessed Antoni Leszczewicz, Marian priest and martyr |
| Ash Wednesday Saints Shahdost and 128 companions, martyrs of Persia Saint Eladio, bishop of Toledo Saint Tarasius, bishop of Constantinople Saint Angilbert, abbot of Saint-Riquier Saint Teotónio, founder of the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross Blessed John of Fiesole, Dominican priest Blessed William Harrington, priest and martyr of England Blessed John Pibush, priest and martyr of England Saint Jean-François-Régis Clet, Lazarist priest and martyr of China Saints Jean-Pierre Néel, Paris Foreign Missions priest, Martinus Wu Xuesheng, catechist, Ioannes Zhang Tianshen, neophyte, and Ioannes Chen Xianheng, martyrs of China Saint Geltrude Comensoli, virgin, founder of the Sisters of the Most Holy Sacrament Blessed Jerzy Kaszyra, Marian priest and martyr |
| Saint Quodvultdeus, bishop of Carthage Holy martyrs of Palestine Saint Mansueto, bishop of Milan Saint Barbato, bishop of Benevento Saint Georges, monk Saint Proclo, monk Deposition of Saint Boniface, bishop of Lausanne Saint Corrado Confalonieri, Franciscan tertiary hermit Blessed Alvaro da Cordova, Dominican priest Blessed Elisabetta Picenardi, Servite virgin Saint Lucia Yi Zhenmei, virgin and martyr of China Blessed JĂłzef ZapĆata, religious of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, martyr at Dachau |
| Saints Serapion and companions, martyrs Saints Zenobius, Tyrannio, Silvanus, Peleus and Nilus, martyrs of Tyre Saint Tirannion, bishop of Tyre and martyr Saint ĂleuthĂšre, bishop of Tournai Saint Eucher, bishop of OrlĂ©ans Saint Leone, bishop of Catania Saint Jacinta de Jesus Marto, seer of Fatima Blessed Maria Julia RodziĆska, Dominican virgin and martyr of Poland |
| Saint Peter Damian, cardinal bishop of Ostia and doctor of the Church Saint Eustathius, bishop of Antioch Saint Germanus, abbot of Grandfelt, and Saint Randoald, martyrs Blessed Thomas Pormort, priest and martyr of England Saint Robert Southwell, Jesuit priest and martyr of England Blessed Noël Pinot, priest and martyr of France Blessed Maria Enrichetta Dominici, superior of the Sisters of Saint Anne |
Celebrations
- 2026.01.10 â 2027.01.10: Year of St. Francis
- 2026.02.18 â 2026.04.02: Lent 2026
- 2026.04.02 â 2026.04.05: Triduum 2026
- 2026.04.26: World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2026
- 2026.05.17: World Communications Day 2026
- 2026.05.24: Day of Prayer for the Church in China 2026
- 2026.06.12: World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests 2026
- 2026.06.27 â 2026.06.28: 15á”Ê° Extraordinary Consistory
- 2026.07.12: Sea Sunday 2026
- 2026.07.26: World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly 2026
Liturgical Booklets of Papal Celebrations
- 2026.02.18: Liturgical Booklet âAsh Wednesdayâ
Commemorations
- 2026.02.16: Centenary, Death of Saint Giuseppe Allamano (1926)
- 2026.02.18: 150á”Ê° anniversary, Birth of Blessed JosĂ© RamĂłn Flores BeltrĂĄn (1876)
- 2026.02.20: 150á”Ê° anniversary, Birth of Blessed Antoni Pedro Jaime NoguĂ©s MartĂ (1876)
- 2026.02.20: Centenary, Birth of Saint MarĂa de la PurĂsima Salvat Romero (1926)
- 2026.02.21: 25á”Ê° anniversary, Creation of Jorge Bergoglio as Cardinal (2001)
- 2026.02.22: 125á”Ê° anniversary, Birth of Blessed MatĂas Espeso Cuevas (1901)
- 2026.02.24: Bicentenary, Birth of Blessed Maria Rosa Flesch (1826)
- 2026.02.25: 475á”Ê° anniversary, Founding of the first diocese in Brazil (1551)
- 2026.02.26: 125á”Ê° anniversary, Birth of Blessed Heliodoro Merino Merino (1901)
- 2026.02.28: 150á”Ê° anniversary, Birth of Blessed Joan Rofes Sancho (1876)
Jubilarians
- 2026.02.16: Bishop Shlemon Warduni (82), Titular Bishop of Anbar of the Chaldeans, celebrates 25 years as bishop
- 2026.02.17: Archbishop Ismael Rueda Sierra (75), Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia), celebrates 25 years as bishop
- 2026.02.18:
Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana (71), Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane and Metropolitan Archbishop of Toamasina (Madagascar), celebrates 25 years as bishop - 2026.02.18:
Archbishop Samuel Kleda (66), Metropolitan Archbishop of Douala (Cameroon), celebrates 25 years as bishop - 2026.02.18:
Bishop BenoĂźt RiviĂšre (71), Bishop of Autun (France), celebrates 25 years as bishop
Major Papal Documents
- 2026.01.21: Law âStatutes of the Pontifical International Marian Academyâ
- 2025.12.11: Apostolic Letter âOn the importance of Archaeology on the occasion of the Centenary of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeologyâ
- 2025.12.08: Apostolic Letter Una fedeltĂ che genera futuro On the 60á”Ê° anniversary of the Conciliar Decrees Optatam Totius and Presbyterorum Ordinis
- 2025.11.23: Motu Proprio âRegulations for the Staff of the Roman Curiaâ
- 2025.11.23: Motu Proprio âGeneral Regulations of the Roman Curiaâ
Curial Documents
- 2026.01.10: Apostolic Penitentiary, Decree âSpecial Jubilee Year for the 8á”Ê° centenary of the death of Saint Francis of Assisiâ
- 2025.11.25: Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Note âOn the Value of Matrimony as an Exclusive Union and Mutual Belongingâ
- 2025.11.04: Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Note Mater Populi Fidelis âOn some Marian titles regarding Maryâs cooperation in the work of salvationâ
- 2025.11.03: Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Curial Letter âOn the alleged apparitions of Our Lord Jesus Christ in DozulĂ©â
- 2025.08.09: Secretariat of State, Decree âRescript on placing the Pontifical Committee for the World Day of Children within the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Lifeâ
Minor Papal Documents
- 2026.02.12: Letter âChirograph on the World Childrenâs Dayâ
- 2026.02.06: Letter For the 25á”Ê° Winter Olympic Games
- 2026.02.05: Message For Lent 2026: Listening and Fasting: Lent as a Time of Conversion
- 2026.01.29: Message For the 12á”Ê° World Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking
- 2026.01.29: Message For the 13á”Ê° General Assembly of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Central Africa Region
Papal Speeches
- 2026.02.15: Homily âPastoral Visit to the Parish of Mary Queen of Peace in Ostia Lidoâ
- 2026.02.08: Speech To the staff of the Floral and Construction Services, with their families
- 2026.02.06: Speech To participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
- 2026.02.05: Speech To the Steering Committee of the Organization âFrom Crisis to Care: Catholic Action for Childrenâ
- 2026.02.05: Speech To priests and monks of the Eastern Orthodox Churches
- 2026.02.02: Homily âMass on the 30á”Ê° World Day for Consecrated Lifeâ
- 2026.02.01: Speech To Gentlemen working for His Holiness, to Antechamber Attendants and Pontifical Chair Bearers
- 2026.01.31: Speech To participants in the Meeting âPolitical Innovation Hackathon: One Humanity, One Planetâ
- 2026.01.31: Speech âInauguration of the Marian mosaic and the Statue of St. Rose of Lima (Peru) in the Vatican Gardensâ
- 2026.01.30: Speech To the Bishops of Peru on their âad Limina Apostolorumâ Visit
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