🌙 VATICAN REPORT | Saturday evening, 24 October 2026

A day marked by audiences with Bartholomew I and Jesus Youth, the succession in Kolda and six new Venerables. The Bulletin did not change in the afternoon. In the evening an unconfirmed report emerged about the Pope’s therapy, with no word from the Holy See Press Office. 🙏 Jesus Youth and Bartholomew In the Paul VI Hall Pope Leo XIV met the young people of Jesus Youth, the movement born in Kerala forty years ago. In his address he urged them: “Do not lose your apostolic zeal, but rather foster it and carry it to new countries.” He also received Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, who is in Italy until 28 October. 🎖️ Appointments and Causes of Saints 👤 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. Decrees on the heroic virtues of Oreste Marengo, Friedrich Kaiser Depel, Domenico Pogliani, Alessandro Vitetti, Daniele of San Giovanni Rotondo and Margarita “Luminosa” Bavosi were authorised: six new Venerables. 🩺 Unconfirmed report on therapy Mirticeli Medeiros (GloboNews), citing Gemelli hospital sources, reports preventive immunotherapy with pembrolizumab for at least three years. According to Estadão, no chemotherapy or radiotherapy. On 21 October the Press Office said no further therapy was needed; so far there is no Vatican comment on this report. 📌 To watch • Sunday 25 October, noon: Angelus in St Peter’s Square • GO Conference closing Mass, celebrated by Alex Joseph Vadakumthala • 27 October: Assisi — Pope Leo XIV will not be present • 27-30 October: mission of Almoner Luis Marín de San Martín in Ukraine #LeoXIV