Overview

• He paused all general audiences until July 30 as he settles into Villa Barberini, fully reviving the centuries-old papal summer residence tradition.
• On July 10 he led the inaugural Care of Creation Mass in the Borgo Laudato Si’ gardens, calling on humanity to protect the environment and foster peace.
• In a private Villa Barberini audience, he discussed the humanitarian toll of the Ukraine conflict with President Volodymyr Zelensky and pressed for aid corridors.
• The Vatican reported that more than 100 kilograms of letters have been processed at the Fiumicino sorting center, underscoring his emphasis on direct dialogue with the faithful.
• He has reinstated classical papal vestments and protocols and signaled a push for curial renewal while upholding Francis’s ecological and social-justice priorities.