# Leo XIV leads St Peter's Mass for the year's dead prelates

- By: Andrés MP-T
- 2026-11-05T10:30:02.000Z

## Excerpt

On 5 November 2026 Leo XIV presided in St Peter's at the suffrage Mass for cardinals and bishops who died over the past year: seven cardinals and 136 bishops. A suffrage, in Catholic usage, is prayer for the dead. The homily says that prayer celebrates life and does not give the number or the names.

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