🕛 VATICAN REPORT | Saturday midday, 24 October 2026

Pope Leo XIV this morning received Bartholomew I and participants in the Jesus Youth International Conference 2026. The Bulletin also records the succession in Kolda, Senegal, and six new Venerables. 🙏 Jesus Youth In the Paul VI Hall the Pope met the young people of the movement born in Kerala forty years ago. In his address, delivered in English, he urged them: “Do not lose your apostolic zeal, but rather foster it and carry it to new countries.” The Bulletin thus confirms the audience that this morning was not yet official. ☦️ Bartholomew I The Pope also received the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, who is in Italy until 28 October. Among the morning’s other audiences: Filippo Iannone and Marcello Semeraro. 🎖️ Appointments 👤 Joseph Francis Janvier Badji 📍 Bishop of Kolda ↩️ Until now coadjutor bishop of Kolda 🌍 Diocese of Kolda (Senegal) The Pope accepted the resignation of Jean-Pierre Bassène from the pastoral care of the same diocese. 🕯️ Causes of Saints Decrees on heroic virtues were authorised — and thus new Venerables — for Oreste Marengo, Friedrich Kaiser Depel, Domenico Pogliani, Alessandro Vitetti, Daniele of San Giovanni Rotondo and Margarita “Luminosa” Bavosi. 📌 To watch • Sunday 25 October: the Angelus • The GO Conference closing Mass, celebrated by Alex Joseph Vadakumthala • 27-30 October: the mission of Almoner Luis Marín de San Martín in Ukraine