Overview
- The two-day gathering at the Vatican will be consultative with no new cardinals.
- Scheduled for Jan. 7–8, it directly follows the close of the 2025 Jubilee on Jan. 6.
- It will be the first extraordinary consistory convened by the Holy See since August 2022.
- Reporters note it is widely seen as the first organized chance for Leo to pivot to his own governance agenda since his May 8 election.
- In a Jubilee audience, Leo criticized the growing concentration of global wealth, remarks highlighted alongside the consistory announcement.