2014 in Vatican City

Events from the year 2014 in Vatican City.

Incumbents

 * Sovereign Pontiff (Pope): Pope Francis

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.