Here is Pope Leo XIV’s schedule for Holy Week and Easter 2026 at the Vatican
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV will celebrate the liturgies of Holy Week and the Easter Triduum for the first time as pope this week.
Palm Sunday marks the start of the one of the busiest and fullest liturgical periods of the year for the Catholic Church and the Vatican, where Leo will celebrate five Masses and preside over several other liturgies and devotions between March 29 and April 6.
Here is the Vatican’s full schedule for Holy Week and Easter 2026:
Palm Sunday
On Sunday morning, March 29, the pope will celebrate Mass in St. Peter’s Square for Palm Sunday, also known as Passion Sunday or the Commemoration of the Lord’s entrance into Jerusalem.
The 10 a.m. Mass will begin with a grand procession of the pope with deacons, priests, bishops, cardinals, and laypeople carrying large palms.
The procession, which will wind around the square and its central obelisk, includes olive tree branches, palm fronds, and the large, weaved palms called “palmureli.” The Vatican expects to distribute 120,000 olive branches at the Mass.
Afterward, Leo will lead the Angelus prayer, as he does every Sunday.
Holy Thursday
Pope Leo will begin Holy Thursday, April 2, with the celebration of the chrism Mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Many of the cardinals, bishops, and priests living in Rome typically concelebrate this Mass, in which the pope, as bishop of Rome, blesses the oil of the sick, the oil of catechumens, and the chrism oil to be used in the diocese during the coming year.
At 5:30 p.m., Leo will celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the Basilica of St. John Lateran.
Celebrating the Mass at the cathedral church of the Diocese of Rome restores a long-standing practice that Pope Francis set aside in favor of demonstrating closeness to prisoners by offering the Mass at some of the city’s prisons.
Good Friday
Continuing the liturgies of the Triduum, Leo is scheduled to preside over a service for the passion of the Lord on Good Friday at 5 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica.
During this liturgy, which is not a Mass, it is the custom for the papal preacher — currently Father Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap — to give a sermon on Christ’s crucifixion.
In the evening, the pope will lead the Stations of the Cross devotion at the Colosseum starting at 9:15 p.m.
Holy Saturday
Leo will celebrate the Easter Vigil Mass at 9 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica.
The Easter Vigil, which takes place on Holy Saturday night, “is the greatest and most noble of all solemnities,” according to the Roman Missal.
The liturgy begins in darkness with the blessing of the new fire and the preparation of the paschal candle. At the Vatican, cardinals, bishops, and priests process through the dark basilica carrying lit candles to signify the light of Christ coming to dispel the darkness.
The pope also typically baptizes new Catholics at this Mass.
Easter Sunday
The morning of Easter Sunday, Leo will preside over Mass in St. Peter’s Square at 10:15 a.m. on a flower-decked parvise.
After Mass, he will give the annual Easter “urbi et orbi blessing” from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.
“Urbi et orbi” means “to the city [of Rome] and to the world” and is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year on Easter Sunday, Christmas, and other special occasions.
For Easter Sunday, the square will be decorated with thousands of flowers from the Netherlands, a custom spanning 40 years.
This year, the arrangements will include 65,000 tulip, daffodil, hyacinth, and mini daffodil bulbs; 220 white and orange violets; 7,800 roses, delphiniums, anthuriums, chrysanthemums, gerberas, and matthiolas; 600 branches of plumosa; 80 azaleas; and 600 long branches of willow catkins, long branches of eucalyptus, and various types of foliage.
Easter Monday
Pope Leo will mark Easter Monday, also called “Monday of the Angel,” by praying the Regina Caeli, a Marian prayer recited during the Easter season, at noon from a window of the Apostolic Palace.
Source: https://www.ewtnnews.com/vatican/here-is-pope-leo-xiv-s-schedule-for-holy-week-and-easter-2026-at-the-vatican
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To day, Saturday in Passion Week (3-28-26) the Sovereign Pontiff honored Monaco by his visit. The first pontifical visit abroad of Italy was probably due to the resistance of Prince Albert II of Monaco against the constitutional accord with France its surounding neighbor to abide to its ignominous laws. The godless French Republic tried to impose its selerate laws of abortion & euthanasie, but the Catholic prince has used of his ‘droit divin’ to resist.
Okay let’s put aside the polemic of “Antipope Bob” and his six illegitimate predecessors since October 26, 1958, because the first visit to Monaco principality in 500 years is a positive sign of a rebound of holy faith. The insolent Mass of Paul 6 was still celebrated, however, at least the ‘Pater Noster’ which was said in latin and was unchanged. The ‘et ne nos inducas in tentationem’ was pronounced fully. God who is again recognised as the omnipent One who create heaven, earth and hell is no longer demoted to the level of Holy Virtue by Francis (the Reprobate). May the incoming Holy Week be fruitful for the good of the RCC and a return to normalcy and to the Peace of Christ.
I take the liberty to witness again of this Mass for my brothers in the holy catholic faith who are confined oversees. The ceremony was produced in all dignity in the presence of 15,000 faithful on the covered lawn of the soccer stadium of the city state. The music was sang by various choirs accompanied by beautiful music of Bach, Mozart and others. The pontiff expessed in a tentative French, but his sermon was well received. The traditional epistle of Jeremy 18, 18-23, commencing by the words denouncing the conjuration by “the wicked Jews” and filled with godly vengeances against His perfinious people, was replaced by a milder epistle by Ezekiel on a milder tone which is more in line with the lukewarm & diplomatic Nova Ordo Missae and its ecumenical sect engaged at pleasing and kissing every religions of strange gods. Never mind the sequels of the catastrophic & apostatic V2. The homely spoke of Jesus Christ and only Him. The pontiff paid a due respect to Our Mother Mary, the Blessed at the end. It was in front of a statue carried from the Cathedral. The Salve Regina was sang in a sublime way and it appears to be an attempt at reconciliation by having bruised the ankle of the woman who crushes the head of the Ancient Serpent. May be the antipope will backpedal to his recent errors against Holy Mary, the new Eve; the mediatrice of all graces and co-redemptrice.
Palm Sunday 2026. After digesting the homelie of the pontiff of the consiliar counter-church. The mention of idolâtrie which was pronounced yesterday at the Monaco stadium comes back to mind. Leo XIV spoke with the affabilité caracteristique to his persona; a trait of caractere which shows nuance and just measure. The tender veneration at the end of this splendid ceremony toward Mary, the Holy Virgin, Mother of Christ, launched the incoming Holy Week which hopefully will mark the return of the triomphe of the woman whose divine Son will repair all the errors which have been so disastruous to the peace of Christ and His Church. May this comment be not too naive.
The appelation of CO-REDEMPTRICE for the Blessed Virgin is subject to polemic, and sadly it has reached the head of the Vatican which is always empressed to please a world profondly confused by the Deceiver. Let’s return to the basic of the vocabulary. A co-redemptor is a participant to the Redemption. Simon of Cyrene, a casual passing-by deliverer of a load of lettuces who was on his way to Jerusalem, was drafted by St. Longinus the centurion. He became an unvolontary, but still of a good heart, co-redemptor by carrying the Cross of Our Lord who had collapsed uder the heavy burden. Simon therefore became a part of the Redmption process. How much more for all millions of the martyr saints of the Church of Jesus Christ, and what about the BVM who, when one think, is the first Christian?
This clumsy typing hand under the pseudonym of D. of the C. extends the courtesy of BIN to post a last comment concerning the crucial term of CO-REDEMPTION. The Blessed Virgin was, being the first Christian, the co-redemptrice by excellence. By Her ‘fiat voluntas tua’ said of Her own will to the ambassador of God, St Gabriel, archangel became the earthly fulfillement of the Redemption which had been thought by God Almighty in all time and eternity. The BVM was the first co-redemptrice. The second was the unborn St John the Baptist, still in the womb of his mother St. Elisabeth. The fourth co-redemptor was St Joseph through the message of an angel dissipating his doubts, while his spouse the Virgin Mary was (about) four months pregnant. Then came the twelve shepherds, with the future St Matthias Apostle, this latest still a young boy. Simultaneously, from the four corners of the world the Mages were made aware through a sign from heaven. Gaspar, Melchior & Balthazar were still on their way to adore the Redemeer, while the elder Simon & Anna the Prophétesse had already authentified the Savior during the Purification & Presentation, now become the feast of the Chandeleur. The rest is history.