400th anniversary of the canonization of St. Ignatius Loyola and St. Francis Xavier

Pope Francis will preside over a special Mass on March 12, 2022 to mark the 400^th anniversary of the canonizations of St. Ignatius Loyola and St. Francis Xavier. The anniversary Mass will be celebrated at the Church of the Gesù in Rome and will be livestreamed at 5 pm (CET).

The Mass is part of the Ignatian Year 2021-2022, a worldwide celebration that began May 20, 2021—exactly 500 years after St. Ignatius was wounded by a cannonball during the Battle of Pamplona—and will end July 31, 2022, St. Ignatius’ feast day.