Overview

• Following a three-week retreat at Castel Gandolfo’s Villa Barberini, Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican on July 22 to resume his official schedule.
• He has scheduled meetings this week with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Metropolitan Antonij of Moscow to advance ecumenical and diplomatic dialogue.
• July’s general audience has been canceled but he will lead his customary Sunday Angelus in St. Peter’s Square.
• He has reiterated urgent appeals for ceasefires in Ukraine and Gaza, underscoring the need to uphold human dignity in conflict zones.
• Preparations are intensifying for the July 28–August 3 Youth Jubilee at Tor Vergata, which could draw up to one million young pilgrims.