Pope’s June liturgical calendar features many public celebrations

by CNS · May 22, 2025

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd gathered in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his first weekly general audience on May 21, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

By Cindy Wooden, CNS – As Pope Leo XIV settles into his new ministry, the Jubilee Year 2025 and its special events mean the pope has a full calendar of public Masses scheduled for June.

At the end of the month, the pope will preside over Mass for the feast of Sts Peter and Paul, the patron saints of the Vatican, and will bless palliums – woollen stoles – to be given to archbishops who have been named to new archdioceses in the past year.

Archbishop Diego Ravelli, the master of papal liturgical ceremonies, released on May 21 the list of papal liturgies that are scheduled in June. They are:

— June 1, Mass in St Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly.

— June 8, Mass in St Peter’s Square for Pentecost and the Jubilee of Ecclesial Movements, Associations and New Communities.

— June 9, Mass in St Peter’s Basilica for the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church, and the Jubilee of the Holy See.

— June 13, a public consistory of cardinals to vote on canonising some sainthood candidates.

— June 15, Mass in St Peter’s Square on the feast of the Holy Trinity and the Jubilee of Sport.

— June 22, evening Mass at Rome’s Basilica of St John Lateran on the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, followed by a Corpus Christi procession to the Basilica of St Mary Major.

— June 27, Mass in St Peter’s Square on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Jubilee of Priests.

— June 29, Mass and the blessing of palliums in St Peter’s Basilica on the feast of Sts Peter and Paul.