Overview
- The Holy See Press Office announced the Extraordinary Consistory for January 7–8, 2026, at the Vatican.
- The meeting follows the January 6 closing of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica on the Solemnity of the Epiphany.
- The program will feature moments of communion, fraternity, reflection, sharing, and prayer with Pope Leo XIV.
- The encounter aims to strengthen communion with the Bishop of Rome while offering support and counsel for Church governance.
- As an Extraordinary Consistory, it calls cardinals able to travel from across the world and is consultative, with no creation of new cardinals.