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Urbi et Orbi blessing

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The Urbi et Orbi blessing is on 25 December at 12:00 in the square, with no tickets.

From Vatican Museums and St Peter’s 2026: Tickets, the Sistine Chapel, the Dome and Papal Audiences, under “Papal audiences and the Angelus”.

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    Angelus

    Citorah says The Angelus is on Sundays at 12:00 in St Peter’s Square, and “NO tickets are required”.

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    General Audience

    Citorah says The General Audience is on Wednesdays at 10:00, in St Peter’s Square or sometimes indoors, unless the Pope has other commitments.

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    Sistine Chapel

    Citorah says Michelangelo’s Last Judgement has been cleaned. Maintenance work, which ended on 27 March 2026, removed a whitish film from it.

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    St Peter’s Basilica

    Citorah says The Basilica says a visit takes one to two hours. The Vatican Grottoes, with the tombs of many popes, are free. I spent about half an hour inside, late in the afternoon, under Bernini’s baldacchino and the dome, and came out into the square at dusk.

    The catch The busiest days are Wednesday, the usual day of the papal audience, and Sunday, when the Pope says the Angelus at noon.

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