(ZENIT News / Rome,. 12.30.2025).- On Tuesday, December 30, the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household — the body of the Holy See that is responsible for the management of everything related to the liturgical celebrations presided over by the Pope: the Angelus on Sundays, as well as the General Audiences on Wednesdays, and the «special» audiences to specific groups –, made known the total number of people participating, corresponding to the year 2025.
Between January and April 2025, Pope Francis received a total of 262,820 people, broken down as follows:
General and Jubilee Audiences: 60,500
Special Audiences: 10,320
Liturgical Celebrations: 62,000
Angelus: 130,000
Between May and December 2025, Pope Leo XIV received a total of 2,913,800 people, broken down as follows:
General and Jubilee Audiences 1,069,000
Special Audiences: 148,300
Liturgical Celebrations: 796,500
Angelus: 900,000
Between the two Popes, the total number of people welcomed was 3,176,620.
These figures were obtained in two ways: 1) thanks to the tickets requested to the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household to participate in the events (tickets which are always free), and 2) thanks to the counting by the Police in the security filters.
