Pope's June liturgical calendar features many public celebrations

May 22, 2025 at 2:44 p.m.
Deacons hold palliums -- woolen bands worn by metropolitan archbishops to symbolize their authority and unity with the pope -- during Mass for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 29, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Deacons hold palliums -- woolen bands worn by metropolitan archbishops to symbolize their authority and unity with the pope -- during Mass for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 29, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) (CNS photo/Lola Gomez/Trenton Monitor)

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY 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 — woolen stoles — to be given to archbishops who have been named to new archdioceses in the past year. They include at least seven from the United States.

The heads of U.S. archdioceses who are due to receive palliums include: Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of Washington; Archbishop W. Shawn McKnight of Kansas City, Kansas; Archbishop Michael G. McGovern of Omaha, Nebraska; Archbishop Robert G. Casey of Cincinnati; Archbishop Joe S. Vásquez of Galveston-Houston; Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob of Milwaukee; Archbishop Richard G. Henning of Boston; and Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger of Detroit.

Archbishop Diego Ravelli, the master of papal liturgical ceremonies, released 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 canonizing 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.

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VATICAN CITY 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 — woolen stoles — to be given to archbishops who have been named to new archdioceses in the past year. They include at least seven from the United States.

The heads of U.S. archdioceses who are due to receive palliums include: Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of Washington; Archbishop W. Shawn McKnight of Kansas City, Kansas; Archbishop Michael G. McGovern of Omaha, Nebraska; Archbishop Robert G. Casey of Cincinnati; Archbishop Joe S. Vásquez of Galveston-Houston; Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob of Milwaukee; Archbishop Richard G. Henning of Boston; and Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger of Detroit.

Archbishop Diego Ravelli, the master of papal liturgical ceremonies, released 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 canonizing 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.

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