2
Aug 2026
Sun
Sunday 2 August 2026 — Sunday Angelus and appeal for peace
12:00
St. Peter's Square, Vatican City
🙏 Angelus
Recitation of the Angelus
📍 St. Peter's Square, Vatican City
Pope Leo XIV recites the Angelus at noon from the window of the Apostolic Palace study, overlooking St. Peter's Square. Commenting on the Gospel of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes (Mt 14:13-21), the Pontiff notes that Jesus does not simply perform a miracle of charity, but gives "taste" to our senses, a gesture that finds its culmination in the Last Supper. He warns that accumulation and waste are "two sides of the same evil: greed", a sickness of the spirit that causes one to lose one's senses, intoxicated by riches, to the point of forgetting those who cry out from hunger and thirst: before the abundance of things that rot stand the outstretched hands of those without a table, the burned houses of those without peace. He invites the faithful to bear witness to the beauty of the Eucharist in daily gestures, starting with the blessing of the table when sharing bread with family and friends, and recalls that these days coincide with the traditional "Pardon of Assisi", the indulgence obtained by Saint Francis from Pope Honorius III in 1216, in the year of the eighth centenary of the Saint's death. After the Marian prayer, he renews his appeal to pray for peace, "so that wars may cease in the world and diplomatic solutions to conflicts be found", recalling the victims of hostilities, especially the weakest and most defenseless: children, the elderly, the sick. Speaking in Spanish, he also expresses concern for the plight of the tens of thousands of migrants who in recent days have tried to reach Spain from Morocco through Ceuta, asking God, through the intercession of Our Lady of Africa, that solutions of peace, stability and justice may be found.
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📋 Daily schedule
2
Aug
📹 Video message
Video message to the young people of Peru
📍 Chulucanas, Peru (via video link)
Pope Leo XIV sends a video message to the young people of Peru gathered in Chulucanas for the National Youth Day (July 30 - August 2), inviting them to "rekindle hope in the many hearts that suffer".
2
Aug
📹 Video message
Video message to the young people of Ecuador
📍 Ibarra, Ecuador (via video link)
Pope Leo XIV sends a video message to the participants in the 7th National Youth Day of Ecuador, held in Ibarra from July 31 to August 2 on the theme "Take courage, I have overcome the world" (Jn 16:33). The Pontiff urges the young people to listen to God's call and follow it with determination, letting themselves be transformed by Christ's love to become promoters of forgiveness, reconciliation and peace, recalling that today the Church needs their joy, their courage and their witness so that many others may encounter Christ.
🗓️ Upcoming events
2026-08-05
🤝 Resumption of general audiences
Wednesday general audiences resume in St. Peter's Square after the summer break.
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2026-08-06
✈️ Assisi — GO! Franciscan Youth Meeting
Meeting with young people from Europe and Holy Mass at St. Mary of the Angels.
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2026-08-13
🏡 Second move to Castel Gandolfo
The Pope moves again to Castel Gandolfo for the mid-August (Ferragosto) period.
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2026-08-15
⛪ Assumption — Mass and Angelus at Castel Gandolfo
Holy Mass at the pontifical parish and Angelus in Piazza della Libertà for the Solemnity of the Assumption.
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2026-08-16
🙏 Angelus at Castel Gandolfo and return to the Vatican
Final Sunday recitation of the Angelus from Piazza della Libertà, followed by the return to the Vatican in the afternoon.
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2026-08-22
🏛️ Visit to San Marino and the Rimini Meeting
State visit to the Republic of San Marino, then visit to the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples and Holy Mass for the Diocese of Rimini.
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2026-08-29
⛵ Mass and procession at Castel Gandolfo for the Madonna del Lago
Holy Mass at the Church of Maria Santissima del Lago and procession, for the traditional Marian feast at the end of August.
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2026-09-25
✈️ Departure for the apostolic journey to France
The Pope departs for Paris, the first stop of the apostolic journey to France from September 25 to 28.
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2026-10-07
📖 Encounter on the tenth anniversary of Amoris Laetitia
Encounter in the Vatican (October 7-14) convoked by the Pope with the heads of the Eastern Churches, the presidents of Episcopal Conferences, and a number of families.
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Bollettino Sala Stampa
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Vatican News
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Calendario 2026
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Vatican Media Foto
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Osservatore Romano
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