Leo XIV Plans Consistory in January – Email Leaked
The purpose of the meeting is not yet known.
In a brief communication sent to cardinals on November 6, the Vatican Secretariat of State announced that "His Holiness Pope Leo XIV intends to convene an extraordinary consistory on January 7 and 8, 2026."
The note continues, "In due course, the Dean of the College of Cardinals will send the relevant letter with further details to Your Eminence."
It concluded: "With profound reverence, the coordinating office of the Secretariat of State."
The last extraordinary consistory at the Vatican took place in August 2022 under Pope Francis.
Francis avoided meetings that allowed cardinals to consult each other and exchange views. In October 2024, even Reuters noticed that "Francis has only rarely called the entire College of Cardinals to Rome for consultation."
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