Overview
- The Vatican Secretariat of State informed cardinals on Nov. 6 of the convocation, according to the National Catholic Register report cited by Italian outlets.
- The meeting is planned for Jan. 7–8, 2026, and will gather cardinals from around the world in an extraordinary consistory.
- The Vatican has not announced the topics for discussion, prompting attention to what the pope will place before the College of Cardinals.
- It will be Pope Leone XIV’s first consistory since his election, following an earlier ordinary session on canonizations.
- The dates come immediately after the scheduled Jan. 6 closure of the Holy Year, as the pope underscored the ongoing synodal process in a Nov. 9 homily at St. John Lateran.