2014 in Vatican City
# 2014 in Vatican City

Events from the year 2014 in Vatican City.

## Incumbents

* Sovereign Pontiff (Pope): Pope Francis

## Events

### January

* 5 January – 50th anniversary of the meeting between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople. An international trip for Pope Francis is announced for the Holy Land to meet Bartholomew I.
* 12 January – Announcement of the creation of 19 new cardinals: 16 eligible to vote in future papal conclaves and 3 non-voting cardinals.

### February

* 17–19 February – The 3rd meeting of the Council of Cardinal Advisers. This council was the first attended by Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
* 22 February – 19 new cardinals elevated by Pope Francis in the presence of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
* 24 February – Establishment of the Secretariat for the Economy.

### March

* 8 March – The nomination for five years of the 15 members of the Secretariat for the Economy.
* 22 March – Creation of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

### April

* 3 April – The equivalent canonizations of José de Anchieta, Marie of the Incarnation and Francis-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval.
* 27 April – Canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II in the presence of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
* 28–30 April – The 4th meeting of the Council of Cardinal Advisers.

### July

* 1–4 July – The 5th meeting of the Council of Cardinal Advisers.

### September

* 15–17 September – The 6th meeting of the Council of Cardinal Advisers.

### October

* 5–19 October – Extraordinary General Synod of Bishops on the topic of the pastoral challenges to the family.
* 19 October – Beatification of Pope Paul VI.

### November

* 23 November – The canonization of Giovanni Antonio Farina, Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Ludovico of Casoria, Nicholas Longobardi, Amato Ronconi and Euphrasia Eluvathingal.

### December

* 20 December – nomination of Jean-Louis Tauran as vice-camerlengo of the Roman Catholic church.
