The Vatican Publishing House will release The Private Diary of Pope Francis, a book by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, on 24 November in five languages across 94 countries. It will offer insight into the late Pope’s inner life through notes he kept between 1992 and 2024.
Vatican News
On 24 November 2026, the Vatican Publishing House will publish The Private Diary of Pope Francis, a book by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presenting and commenting on notes Jorge Mario Bergoglio kept between 1992 and 2024.
The book offers a deeper understanding of the personality and inner life of the Jesuit Pope, who led the Catholic Church from 13 March 2013 until his death on 21 April 2025.
The Private Diary of Pope Francis will be released simultaneously worldwide in five languages and distributed in 94 countries on 24 November. The Italian edition will be published by the Vatican Publishing House; the Spanish, English and Portuguese editions by the respective branches of Penguin Random House; and the French edition by Éditions Albin Michel.
Understanding the Argentine Pope’s inner life
“We are very honoured to publish this text by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, which presents Pope Francis’ Diary to the public,” says Andrea Tornielli, Editorial Director of the Dicastery for Communication. “Through this book, which we believe readers around the world will appreciate, we will be able to gain an even deeper understanding of the Argentine Pope’s inner life.”
The Private Diary of Pope Francis presents and comments on notes Bergoglio kept from 20 December 1992 to 18 August 2024.
Bringing the words of the Popes to the world
“The Vatican Publishing House works to bring the words of the Popes to readers internationally,” says Lorenzo Fazzini, Editorial Director of the Vatican Publishing House. “This year, we oversaw the publication and distribution of writings by Robert F. Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, from his time as Prior General of the Augustinians, in the book Free Under Grace, which has already been published in several languages. We are truly pleased that we will soon be able to make these personal pages by Pope Francis available to readers in Italy and, through various publishers, around the world, in a book written by one of his closest collaborators, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández.”
The Vatican Publishing House will present the book to international publishers at the forthcoming Frankfurt Book Fair, which takes place from 7 to 11 October 2026.
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