Vatican to Release Pope Francis’s Private Diary in Five Languages by November
The Vatican Publishing House will release 'The Private Diary of Pope Francis' on 24 November 2026. Authored by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the book compiles and comments on personal notes kept by the late Pope from 1992 to 2024. It will be published simultaneously in five languages across 94 countries, with editions handled by Penguin Random House, Éditions Albin Michel, and the Vatican Publishing House. The release follows the recent publication of writings by current Pope Leo XIV and will be previewed at the Frankfurt Book Fair.