PAPAL CALENDAR FOR JANUARY 2020 – DECEMBER 2020
Bishops’ Office for United States Visitors to the Vatican Via dell’Umiltà, 30 – 00187 Rome Tel (calling from USA): 011.39.06.6900.1821 FAX (faxing from USA): 011.39.06.679.1448 e-mail: [email protected]
(edited December 9, 2019)
Please note that this calendar is not official, but created by this office.
2020
JANUARY 2020
January 1 World Day of Peace
Papal Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica – (Tickets are required and are limited.)
Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
January 5 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
January 6 Papal Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica (Tickets are required.)
Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
January 8 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
January 12 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
January 15 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
January 19 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
January 22 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
January 26 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
January 29 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
FEBRUARY 2020
February 2 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
February 5 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
February 9 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
February 12 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
February 16 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
February 19 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
February 23 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
February 26 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
Ash Wednesday Papal Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina at 5:30 p.m. (Tickets must be requested directly from the Prefecture of the Papal Household.)
MARCH 2020
March 1 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
March 4 NO PAPAL AUDIENCE (cancelled for Holy Father’s Lenten Retreat)
March 8 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
March 11 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
March 15 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
March 18 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
March 22 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
March 25 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
March 29 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
APRIL 2020
April 1 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
April 5 Palm Sunday Papal Mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
April 8 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
April 9 CHRISM MASS at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica
April 10 GOOD FRIDAY CELEBRATION OF THE PASSION OF OUR LORD at 5:00 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica
Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum at 9:15 p.m. (No tickets required.)
April 11 EASTER VIGIL PAPAL MASS at 8:30 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica
April 12 EASTER SUNDAY PAPAL MASS at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
Urbi et Orbi blessing at 12 Noon in St. Peter’s Square (No tickets required.)
April 13 Pasquetta and Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
April 15 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
April 19 Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
April 22 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
April 26 Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
April 29 Papal Audience at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
MAY 2020
May 3 Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
May 6 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
May 10 Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
May 13 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
May 17 Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
May 20 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
May 24 Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
May 27 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
May 31 Papal Mass of the Solemnity of Pentecost at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica – Tickets are required and limited
Regina Caeli/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
JUNE 2020
June 3 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
June 7 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
June 10 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
June 14 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
June 17 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
June 21 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
June 24 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
June 28 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
June 29 Papal Mass for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica (Tickets are necessary and limited.)
Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
JULY 2020
*All Wednesday Papal audiences are suspended during the month of July.
July 5 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
July 12 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
July 19 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
July 26 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
AUGUST 2020
August 2 Angelus/Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
August 5 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square – No tickets required
August 9 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
August 12 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square – No tickets required
August 15 Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
August 16 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
August 19 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square – No tickets required
August 23 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
August 26 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square – No tickets required
August 30 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
SEPTEMBER 2020
September 2 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
September 6 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
September 9 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
September 13 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
September 16 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
September 20 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon
September 23 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
September 27 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
September 30 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
OCTOBER 2020
October 4 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
October 7 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
October 11 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
October 14 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
October 18 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
October 21 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
October 25 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
October 28 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
NOVEMBER 2020
November 1 Solemnity of All Saints - Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
November 4 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
November 8 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
November 11 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
November 15 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
November 18 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
November 22 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
November 25 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
November 29 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
DECEMBER 2020
December 2 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
December 6 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
December 8 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception - Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
Laying of the Wreath in Piazza di Spagna at 4:00 p.m. – No tickets are required
December 9 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
December 12 Papal Mass for Our Lady of Guadalupe at 6:00 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica in the evening—Tickets are necessary
December 13 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
December 16 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
December 20 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
December 23 NO PAPAL AUDIENCE
December 24 Papal Mass for the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord at 9:30 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica (Tickets are necessary and limited.)
December 25 Urbi et Orbi blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets are necessary to attend.
December 26 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
December 27 Angelus /Papal Blessing in St. Peter’s Square at 12 Noon – No tickets required
December 30 Papal Audience at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square
December 31 First Vespers of the Solemnity of the Mother of God and Te Deum at 5:00 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica (Tickets are necessary and limited.)