From Africa to Spain via Monaco: this is Leo XIV’s global travel schedule for 2026

Feb 25, 2026 22:30

a ten-day pilgrimage across four African nations, a one-day visit to Monaco, and a six-day trip to Spain that will culminate in the Canary Islands Photo: Vatican Media

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This is what Pope Leo XIV’s tour of Italy will look like: these are the seven different cities he will visit in four months

Altogether, seven Italian destinations are scheduled before the end of August. The Vatican rarely publishes such a dense domestic agenda so far in advance. With the Holy Year 2025—during which millions of pilgrims came to Rome—now concluded, Leo XIV appears freer to move within and beyond the Eternal City

Feb 20, 2026 11:46

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Three Areas Where the Fire of Pastoral Ministry Can Be Rekindled, According to Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV’s address to the clergy of the Diocese of Rome during a meeting in Paul VI Hall

Feb 19, 2026 22:17

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The 4 tasks Pope Leo XIV gave to the Legionaries of Christ: charism, authority, missionary unity, and synodality

Pope’s address to the Legionaries of Christ during an audience on the occasion of their General Chapter

Feb 19, 2026 16:17

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Pope Leo XIV

“The missionary scope of Lent”: Pope Leo XIV’s Ash Wednesday homily, with which he opens his first Lent

Homily of Pope Leo XIV on Ash Wednesday, 2026

Feb 18, 2026 17:36

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General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

What does it mean that the Church is the mystery made perceptible? Pope Leo XIV explains it

Pope’s general audience, February 18, 2026, on the Church as mystery and sacrament

Feb 18, 2026 17:28

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From Africa to Spain via Monaco: this is Leo XIV’s global travel schedule for 2026

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This is what Pope Leo XIV’s tour of Italy will look like: these are the seven different cities he will visit in four months

Three Areas Where the Fire of Pastoral Ministry Can Be Rekindled, According to Pope Leo XIV

The 4 tasks Pope Leo XIV gave to the Legionaries of Christ: charism, authority, missionary unity, and synodality

“The missionary scope of Lent”: Pope Leo XIV’s Ash Wednesday homily, with which he opens his first Lent

What does it mean that the Church is the mystery made perceptible? Pope Leo XIV explains it