US EditionPope Leo XIV convenes cardinals and signals reforms ahead now that the Holy Year is over
Pope Leo XIV gathered 170 cardinals to discuss synodality and evangelization, aiming for full Vatican II reform implementation and annual meetings, Vatican spokesman said.
- On Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, Pope Leo XIV gathered the world's cardinals in Rome the day after the close of the 2025 Holy Year, convening a two-day consistory signaling reform-minded priorities.
- Rereading Vatican II, Pope Leo XIV urged a fresh reading of council documents over received interpretations and said he will devote weekly catechism lessons to key texts as original bishops and theologians have died.
- On the two-day agenda, officials listed Pope Francis's mission statement, the 2022 Vatican bureaucracy reform, synodality and liturgical questions, and divisions over the old Latin Mass.
- Leo turns to the College of Cardinals for support as he advances his reform agenda, responding to complaints about Francis's style and engaging 245 cardinals in governing the 1.4-billion-member universal Catholic Church.
- To address internal tensions, Leo aims to pacify conservative and traditionalist critics over Francis's old Latin Mass restrictions while moving beyond his Holy Year obligations.
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