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Events in the year 2025 in Vatican City.
Incumbents
[edit]- Pope:
- Cardinal Secretary of State: Pietro Parolin
- President of the Pontifical Commission: Raffaella Petrini
Events
[edit]Ongoing
[edit]January
[edit]- 6 January – Sister Simona Brambilla becomes the first woman appointed to head a dicastery, the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.[2]
- 10 January – Homosexuals can now be allowed to become priests.[3]
February
[edit]- 14 February – Pope Francis is admitted at Gemelli Hospital in Rome due to breathing difficulties; diagnosed with bronchitis and later pneumonia.[4]
March
[edit]- 1 March – Sister Raffaella Petrini becomes the first woman to become President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of Vatican City State.[5]
April
[edit]- 21 April – Pope Francis dies at the age of 88.[6][7]
May
[edit]- May 7 – The 2025 papal conclave begins.[8]
- May 8 –
- The fourth ballot of the papal conclave elects a new pope after the second and third ballots failed earlier in the day.[9] American-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is announced as the new pope, choosing the name Pope Leo XIV.[10]
- May 18 – The papal inauguration of Pope Leo XIV is held.[11]
July
[edit]- 31 July – The Italian government signs an agreement with the Holy See to convert the 430-hectare rural site of Santa Maria Galeria north of Rome into a solar farm as part of efforts by the Vatican City to generate its energy needs and become a carbon-neutral state.[12]
September
[edit]- 6–7 September – The first official pilgrimage by members of the LGBT community to the Vatican City is held as part of the 2025 Jubilee.[13]
- 7 September – Italy's Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati are canonized as saints of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Leo XIV at an open-air mass in Saint Peter's Square.[14]
- 25 September – The Apostolic Signatura rejects an appeal by prosecutors against the acquittal of Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu and nine others accused of embezzling 350 million euros ($410 million) in church funds in 2023.[15]
October
[edit]- 2 October – The Swiss Guard releases a new uniform to be used on nonceremonial, formal occasions including diplomatic receptions and official dinners outside the Vatican.[16]
- 19 October – Pope Leo XIV canonizes seven new saints (José Gregorio Hernández, Carmen Elena Rendiles Martínez, Ignatius Maloyan, Vincenza Maria Poloni, Maria Troncatti, Bartolo Longo and Peter To Rot) at an open-air mass in Saint Peter's Square.[17][18]
- 23 October – King Charles III and Pope Leo XIV hold the first joint prayer between a British monarch and a Catholic pope since 1534, at the Sistine Chapel.[19]
November
[edit]- 15 November – Pope Leo XIV formally returns 62 indigenous artefacts taken from Canada and held in the Vatican's Anima Mundi museum to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on behalf of members of the First Nations community.[20]
- 21 November – Pope Leo XIV signs an amendment to the 2023 law allowing women to become President of the Pontifical Commission, removing a requirement that would-be officeholders must hold the rank of cardinal.[21]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[22]
- 1 January – Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
- 6 January – Epiphany
- 11 February – Lateran Treaty
- 13 March – Anniversary of the election of Pope Francis
- 19 March – Saint Joseph's Day
- 20 April – Easter Sunday
- 21 April – Easter Monday
- 23 April – Saint George's Day
- 1 May – Saint Joseph the Worker
- 29 June – Saints Peter and Paul
- 15 August – Assumption Day
- 8 September – Nativity of Mary
- 1 November – All Saints' Day
- 8 December – Immaculate Conception
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Texto completo: Spes non confundit, la bula que convoca el Jubileo Ordinario de la Esperanza" (in Spanish). Aciprensa. May 9, 2024. Archived from the original on 14 November 2024.
- ^ Sarah Belouezzane (7 January 2025). "Le pape François nomme pour la première fois une femme à la tête d'un « ministère »>". lemonde.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ Daniel Bellamy (11 January 2025). "les hommes ouvertement homosexuels peuvent désormais devenir prêtres". euronews.com (in French). Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Pope Francis thanks medical staff for 'miracle of tenderness'". BBC. 2025-03-09. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ^ O'Connell, Girard (15 February 2025). "Pope Francis appoints an Italian nun as the first woman governor of Vatican City". America. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ "Papa Francesco è morto, aveva 88 anni. L'annuncio del cardinale Farrell: «Alle 7.35 è tornato alla casa del Padre»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 2025-04-21. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
- ^ "Pope Francis dies aged 88". BBC News. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
- ^ "Conclave to elect new Pope to begin on May 7th". Vatican News. 2025-04-28. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ Hammond, Christian Edwards, Lauren Kent, Olivia Kemp, Billy Stockwell, Maureen Chowdhury, Elise (2025-05-08). "Live updates: Conclave elects new Pope". CNN. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Picheta, Lauren Kent, Chris Lamb, Rob (2025-05-08). "Robert Prevost elected as first American pope and takes the name Leo XIV". CNN. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV to be held on May 18". Vatican News. 2025-05-09. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ "Italy OKs Vatican plan to turn Rome field into solar farm to meet Vatican City's electricity needs". AP News. 2025-07-31. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ^ "Vatican receives first LGBTQ pilgrimage". France 24. 6 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Pope Leo XIV declares teen computer whiz Carlo Acutis the first millennial saint". AP News. 2025-09-07. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
- ^ "Vatican prosecutors suffer embarrassing loss as tribunal says their appeal is inadmissible". AP News. 2025-09-26. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ^ "The Swiss Guards have a new uniform. Don't worry, the iconic one remains". AP News. 2 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ "Pope gives Venezuela reason to celebrate by canonizing its beloved 'doctor of the poor' as 1st saint". AP News. 2025-10-19. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
- ^ "Pope Leo XIV canonizes 7 new saints, including first from Venezuela and Papua New Guinea". Catholic News Agency. 2025-10-19. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
- ^ McElwee, Joshua (23 October 2025). "King Charles and Pope Leo pray together in a 500-year first". Reuters. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ^ "Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past". AP News. 2025-11-17. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
- ^ "Pope tweaks a law allowing a woman to head the Vatican City State, months after a nun was appointed". AP News. 22 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ "Vatican City Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
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