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News

2025.12.07: Fr. Fabien Lejeusne, A.A. (51), was consecrated as Bishop of Namur (Belgium)
2025.12.07: Msgr. Charles Azzopardi (63) was consecrated as Bishop of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)
2025.12.07: Fr. Antony Kattiparambil (55) was consecrated as Bishop of Cochin (India)
2025.12.06: Bishop Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C. (76), resigned as Bishop of Cancún–Chetumal (Mexico)
2025.12.06: Bishop Salvador González Morales (53), Titular Bishop of Lacubaza and Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico), was appointed as Bishop of Cancún–Chetumal (Mexico)
2025.12.06: Fr. José Eugenio Ramos Delgado (52), Priest of Monterrey (Mexico), was elected Titular Bishop of Mattiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico)
2025.12.05: Fr. Francis Li Jian-lin (李建林) (51) was consecrated as Prefect Apostolic of Xinxiang 新鄉 (China)
2025.12.04: Fr. John Mario Mesa Palacio (59), Priest of Santa Rosa de Osos (Colombia), was elected Vicar Apostolic of Leticia (Colombia)
2025.12.04: Bishop José de Jesús Quintero Díaz (76) resigned as Vicar Apostolic of Leticia (Colombia)

Necrology

2025.12.05: Bishop Mario Busquets Jordá, Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Chuquibamba (Peru), passed away at 90
2025.12.04: Bishop Edward Gabriel Risi, O.M.I., Bishop of Keimoes–Upington (South Africa), passed away at 76
2025.12.03: Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi, Titular Archbishop of Atella, passed away at 77
2025.12.01: Bishop Osvaldo Giuntini, Bishop emeritus of Marília (Brazil), passed away at 89
2025.11.29: Bishop Simon Kulli, Bishop of Sapë (Albania), passed away at 52
2025.11.28: Msgr. Pier Enrico Stefanetti, Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, passed away at 73
2025.11.27: Archbishop Francisco Gil Hellín, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Burgos (Spain), passed away at 85
2025.11.26: Bishop Ferdinand Maemba Liwoke, Bishop emeritus of Lolo (Congo-Kinshasa), passed away at 86

Papal Audiences

2025.12.06: Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., Bishop Paul Joseph Bradley
2025.12.05: Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, Bishop Pierre Goudreault
2025.12.04: Archbishop Giovanni D’Aniello, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, Cardinal Mario Grech, Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis, Bishop Antônio Luiz Catelan Ferreira, Fr. Giuseppe Adobati Carrara, C.P.
2025.11.24: Bishop Stephan Ackermann, Bishop Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana, Bishop Marcelo Fabián Mazzitelli, Archbishop Piero Pioppo, Fr. Gottfried M. Wolff, O.S.M.
2025.11.22: Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., Archbishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta

Feasts

2025.12.06:	Saturday in the 1ˢᵗ Week of Advent Saint Nicholas, bishop Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Puno) Feria: 1ˢᵗ Sunday of Advent (Extraordinary Form) Saint Carmen Sallés, virgin (Madrid, Vic) Saint Peter Pascual, bishop and martyr (Granada, Jaén) The Ordination of Saint Ambrose, bishop and doctor of the Church (Ambrosian)
2025.12.07:	2ⁿᵈ Sunday of Advent 4ᵗʰ Sunday of Advent (Ambrosian)
2025.12.08:	The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feria: 2ⁿᵈ Sunday of Advent (Extraordinary Form) Our Lady of Grace (Setúbal)
2025.12.09:	Tuesday in the 2ⁿᵈ Week of Advent Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Hong Kong, Arlington, Chiclayo, Dodge City, Fort Wayne–South Bend, Hinche, Huancavélica, Huancayo, Lansing, New Orleans, Pucallpa, Saint-Flour, Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh) Blessed Bernard Silvestrelli, priest (Sabina–Poggio Mirteto) Feria: 2ⁿᵈ Sunday of Advent (Extraordinary Form) Saint Eucharius of Trier, bishop (Trier) Saint Eulalia of Mérida, virgin and martyr (Terrassa) Saint Leocadia of Toledo, virgin and martyr (Oviedo, Toledo) Saint Martin and Saint Eutropius, abbots (La Rochelle) Saint Nectaire of Auvergne, priest (Clermont) Saint Noël Chabanel, priest and martyr (Le Puy-en-Velay) Saint Peter Fourier, priest (Belfort–Montbéliard, Metz, Saint-Dié) Saint Syrus of Pavia, bishop (Milano) Tuesday in the 4ᵗʰ Week of Advent (Ambrosian)
2025.12.10:	Wednesday in the 2ⁿᵈ Week of Advent Our Lady of Loreto Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Jerez de la Frontera, Terrassa) Blessed Arsenio Migliavacca da Trigolo, priest (Milano) Blessed Martyrs of East Anglia (East Anglia) Feria: 2ⁿᵈ Sunday of Advent (Extraordinary Form) Saint Eulalia and Saint Julia, virgins and martyrs (Perpignan–Elne) Saint Eulalia of Mérida, virgin and martyr (Spain, Braga, Évora) Saint John Roberts, priest and martyr (Wales) Saint Melchiades, pope and martyr (Extraordinary Form, South Africa) Saint Peter Fourier, priest (Trier) Saint Valerie of Limoges, virgin and martyr (Limoges) Saints Augustine Webster and Eustace White, Blessed Mark Barkworth, priests, and companions, the Martyrs of Lincolnshire (Nottingham) Wednesday in the 4ᵗʰ Week of Advent (Ambrosian) Ember Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia)
2025.12.11:	Thursday in the 2ⁿᵈ Week of Advent Saint Damasus I, pope Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Calgary) Feria: 2ⁿᵈ Sunday of Advent (Extraordinary Form) Saint Maravillas de Jesús, virgin (Getafe, Madrid, Toledo) Saint Paul of Narbonne, bishop and martyr (Carcassonne et Narbonne) Thursday in the 4ᵗʰ Week of Advent (Ambrosian)
2025.12.12:	Friday in the 2ⁿᵈ Week of Advent Our Lady of Guadalupe Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral (Breda, Huesca, Jaca, Mother of God at Moscow, Santander) Blessed Giacomo da Viterbo, bishop (Benevento) Blessed Hartmann, bishop (Bolzano–Bressanone, München und Freising, Wien) Blessed John Marinoni, priest (Napoli) Blessed Martín de San Nicolás and companions, martyrs (Tarazona, Zaragoza) Feria: 2ⁿᵈ Sunday of Advent (Extraordinary Form) Friday in the 4ᵗʰ Week of Advent (Ambrosian) Saint Damasus I, pope (Madrid) Saint Finnian, bishop (Ireland) Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, religious (Moulins) Ember Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia)

Martyrology

2025.12.06:	Saint Nicholas, archbishop of Myra Saint Asella, virgin Saints Denise, Majoricus and companions, martyrs in Africa Saint Obizio, penitent Saint Pedro Pascual, Mercedarian, bishop of Jaén and martyr Saint Giuse Nguyễn Duy Khang, catechist and martyr of Vietnam Blessed Luisa María Frías Cañizares, virgin and martyr of Spain
2025.12.07:	Saint Ambrose, archbishop of Milan and doctor of the Church Saint Sabino, bishop of Spoleto and martyr Saint Athenodorus, martyr in Syria Saint Urbano, bishop of Teano Saint John the Hesychast, bishop of Colonia in Armenia and hermit Saint Burgundofara, abbess Saint Charles Garnier, Jesuit priest and martyr of Canada Saint Maria Giuseppa Rossello, virgin, founder of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy
2025.12.08:	The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saint Macarius, martyr at Alexandria of Egypt Saint Eutychian, pope Saint Eucharius, first bishop of Trier Saint Patapios, hermit Saint Romaric, abbot of Remiremont Saint Thibaut, Cistercian abbot Saint Noël Chabanel, Jesuit priest and martyr of Canada Saint Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán, virgin Blessed José María Zabal Blasco, father of family and martyr of Spain Blessed Alojzy Liguda, Verbite priest and martyr at Dachau
2025.12.09:	Saint Juan Diego, visionary of Our Lady of Guadalupe Saint Leocadia, virgin and martyr at Toledo Saint Siro, first bishop of Pavia Saint Gorgonia, mother of family Saint Cyprien, abbot of Genouillac Blessed Liborius Wagner, priest and martyr in Germany Saint Pierre Fourier, priest, founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Canonesses Regular of Saint Augustine Blessed Bernardo Maria di Gesù, Passionist priest Blessed José Ferrer Esteve, Piarist priest and martyr of Spain Blesseds Recaredo de los Ríos Fabregat, Julián Rodríguez Sánchez and José Giménez López, Salesian priests and martyrs of Spain
2025.12.10:	Our Lady of Loreto Saint Eulalia, virgin and martyr in Spain Saint Mauro, child martyr at Rome Saint Gemellus, martyr at Ancyra Saint Gregory III, pope Saint Luca, bishop of Isola Saints Edmund Gennings, priest, and Swithun Wells, martyrs of England Saints Polydore Plasden and Eustace White, priests, Blesseds Brian Lacey, John Mason and Sidney Hodgson, martyrs of England Saint John Roberts, Benedictine, and Blessed Thomas Somers (Wilson), priests and martyrs of England Blessed Marcantonio Durando, Vincentian priest, founder of Nazarean Sisters Blessed Gonzalo Viñes Masip, priest and martyrs of Spain Blesseds Antonio Martín Hernández and Agustín García Calvo, Salesian religious and martyrs of Spain
2025.12.11:	Saint Damasus I, pope Saints Victoricus and Fuscian, martyrs in France Saint Savino, bishop of Piacenza Saint Daniel the Stylite, priest Blessed David, monk Blessed Franco Lippi, Carmelite hermit Blessed Ugolino Magalotti, Franciscan tertiary and hermit Blessed Girolamo da Sant’Angelo in Vado, Servite priest Blesseds Martín de San Nicolás and Melchor de San Agustín, Augustinian Recollect priests and martyrs of Japan Blessed Francis Bell, Franciscan priest and martyr of England Blessed María del Pilar Villalonga Villalba, virgin and martyr of Spain Saint María de las Maravillas de Jesús, Discalced Carmelite virgin
2025.12.12:	Our Lady of Guadalupe Saints Epimachus, Alexander, Ammonarion, Mercuria, Dionisia and companions, martyrs of Alexandria Saint Spyridon, bishop of Cyprus Saint Finnian, abbot Saint Corentin, first bishop of Quimper Saint Israel, priest and canon regular of Le Dorat Saint Vicelino, bishop of Oldenburg Blessed Bartolo da San Gimignano, priest Blessed Corrado da Offida, Franciscan priest Blessed Giacomo da Viterbo, hermit, archbishop of Naples Saint Simon Phan Ðắc Hòa, martyr of Vietnam Blessed Pius Bartosik, Conventual Franciscan priest and martyr at Auschwitz

Commemorations

2025.12.07: 90ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Veronica Antal (1935)
2025.12.07: 60ᵗʰ anniversary, Conciliar Constitution Gaudium et spes (1965)
2025.12.07: 60ᵗʰ anniversary, Conciliar Decree Ad gentes (1965)
2025.12.07: 60ᵗʰ anniversary, Conciliar Decree Presbyterorum ordinis (1965)
2025.12.07: 60ᵗʰ anniversary, Conciliar Declaration Dignitatis humanæ (1965)
2025.12.07: 60ᵗʰ anniversary, Joint Declaration between Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I (1965)
2025.12.08: 150ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Francisco Salamanca Bujalance (1875)
2025.12.08: 60ᵗʰ anniversary, Closing of the Second Vatican Council (1965)
2025.12.08: 1ˢᵗ anniversary, Reconsecration of altar of Cathedral of Notre Dame of Paris (2024)
2025.12.09: 125ᵗʰ anniversary, Birth of Blessed Antonio Trancho Andrés (1900)

Jubilarians

2025.12.07: Bishop Protógenes José Luft, S.C. (76), Bishop emeritus of Barra do Garças (Brazil), celebrates 50 years as priest
2025.12.07: Bishop Gerhard Schwenzer, SS.CC. (87), Bishop emeritus of Oslo (Norway), celebrates 50 years as bishop
2025.12.08: Bishop Daniel Francisco Blanco Méndez (52), Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of San José (Costa Rica), celebrates 25 years as priest
2025.12.08: Bishop José da Silva Chaves (95), Bishop emeritus of Uruaçu (Brazil), celebrates 70 years as priest
2025.12.08: Bishop Peter Lee Ki-heon (이기헌 베드로 / 李基憲) (77), Bishop emeritus of Uijeongbu 의정부 (South Korea), celebrates 50 years as priest
2025.12.08: Archbishop Malcolm Patrick McMahon, O.P. (76), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Liverpool (England) and former Vice-President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, celebrates 25 years as bishop
2025.12.08: Bishop Arochiasamy Jude Gerald Paulraj (82), Bishop emeritus of Palayamkottai (India), celebrates 25 years as bishop

Major Papal Documents

2025.11.23: Motu Proprio “Regulations for the Staff of the Roman Curia”
2025.11.23: Motu Proprio “General Regulations of the Roman Curia”
2025.11.23: Apostolic Letter In Unitate Fidei On the 1700ᵗʰ Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea
2025.11.19: Apostolic Letter “On the Composition and Presidency of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State”
2025.11.11: Motu Proprio Immota manet On the central sector of the Diocese of Rome

Curial Documents

2025.11.25: Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Note “On the Value of Matrimony as an Exclusive Union and Mutual Belonging”
2025.11.04: Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Note Mater Populi Fidelis “On some Marian titles regarding Mary’s cooperation in the work of salvation”
2025.11.03: Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Curial Letter “On the alleged apparitions of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Dozulé”
2025.08.09: Secretariat of State, Decree “Rescript on placing the Pontifical Committee for the World Day of Children within the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life”
2025.08.05: Secretariat for the Economy, Decree “Regulation for the implementation of “Per meglio armonizzare””

Minor Papal Documents

2025.11.29: Letter “Chirograph on the bond of unity and charity on the coordination of the fundraising of the Holy See”
2025.11.06: Letter “Chirograph to institute the Apostleship of the Sea as a coordination body for the coordination of the Opera of the Apostleship of the Sea”
2025.11.05: Letter “Confirmation of the Election of the Major Archbishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia of the Romanians”
2025.11.01: Letter “Chirograph for Naming St. John Henry Newman as Patron Saint of the Pontifical Urbaniana University”
2025.10.12: Message For the Jubileo de los Pueblos Originarios

Papal Speeches

2025.11.23: Homily “Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe - Mass”
2025.11.16: Homily “Mass for the World Day of the Poor”
2025.11.11: Homily “Mass on the Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours”
2025.11.09: Homily “Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St John Lateran - Mass”
2025.11.03: Homily “Mass for the repose of the souls of the Cardinals and Bishops who died over the course of the year”
2025.11.02: Homily “Commemoration of all the Faithful departed - Mass”
2025.11.01: Homily “All Saints’ Day – Mass and proclamation of St. John Henry Newman as Doctor of the Church”
2025.10.31: Speech To participants in the Jubilee of the World of Education (Meeting with Educators)
2025.10.31: Speech To the Members of the International Youth Advisory Body
2025.10.31: Speech To the Members of the Organisation of Catholic Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean (ODUCAL)