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A Delegation of the Governorate mee…

Una Delegazione del Governatorato dello Stato della Città del Vaticano partecipa all’incontro accademico con il Segretario Generale dell’Unione Internazionale delle Telecomunicazioni, in inglese con acronimo (I.T.U.)...

19 November, 2024

The Governorate launches the French…

The institutional website, www.vaticanstate.va , which has been available in Italian, Spanish and English, as of 13 September, has been expanded to include a version...

15 November, 2024

Events Planning Office of the Gover…

Recurrent and extraordinary events

Everything revolves around this structure when organizing and planning events, both institutional ones and those from beyond the Vatican. The Events Planning...

13 November, 2024

The General Protocol and Central Ar…

A centralized system with two souls

More than 3,500 documents are digitized every month and almost 40,000 per year. This large bulk of work is managed...

12 November, 2024

Cardinal Vérgez Alzaga to inaugurat…

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, President of the Governorate of Vatican City State, and H.E. Ms. María Isabel Celaá Diéguez, Ambassador of Spain to the Holy...

12 November, 2024

Annona closes for renovation works

In a statement by the Directorate of the Economy, the Governorate of Vatican City State has announced that as of Monday, 13 January 2025, the...

8 November, 2024

The Secretary General’s address in …

The Pope’s Museum: a treasure of art and faith

The bond between art and faith, between evangelization and creative expression and the role of the Vatican...

6 November, 2024

A room in the headquarters of the N…

The virtual world as a pinnacle of dignity and freedom

A room at the offices of the Republic of Italy’s National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) has been...

5 November, 2024

Presentation of a commemorative sta…

A formative community that transmits the value of faith

A commemorative stamp, issued by the Post and Philately Service of the Governorate of Vatican City State...

5 November, 2024

A delegation from the Directorate o…

The 40th PostEurop General Assembly took place in Belgrade, Serbia, from 15 to 17 October.

A delegation of the Post and Philately Service (member of PostEurop...

4 November, 2024

The Secretary General participates …

The Illinois Chapter of the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums is commemorating the tenth anniversary of its initiative, “Integrating Art & Faith”.

1 November, 2024

The Vatican and Italy issue a joint…

Vatican City State and Italy, through the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, will issue a joint stamp to commemorate the institution of the...

31 October, 2024

A delegation from the Customs and M…

Maximizing cooperation during the Jubilee

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga and Sr. Raffaella Petrini, President and Secretary General of the Governorate, respectively, met with a high-level delegation...

31 October, 2024

The Secretary General visits the Te…

On Saturday, 26 October, Sr. Raffaella Petrini, Secretary General of the Governorate of Vatican City State, visited the Texas Chapter of the Patrons of the...

29 October, 2024

Secretary General addresses a confe…

The human person at the center

The Synod is “an experience of listening and dialogue among different perspectives and attitudes”. The Synod was talked about in...

28 October, 2024

Vatican Delegation participates in …

Applying ethics to Artificial Intelligence

The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-24) has concluded, with a record number of attendance: 3,700 delegates from 160 countries. The last...

26 October, 2024

A japanese delegation visits the va…

On Monday, 21 October 2024, the Post and Philately Service of the Directorate of Telecommunications and Information Systems had the pleasure of welcoming the Deputy...

24 October, 2024

The Benedictine nuns of the Vatican…

Prayer and work at the service of the Pope and our brothers and sisters

Their life and their work

In response to an invitation by the Holy...

24 October, 2024

The Musical Band of the Gendarmerie…

The Musical Band of the Gendarmerie Corps, directed by Stefano Iannilli, and the Musical Band of the Italian Military Navy, directed by Ship Commander, Antonio...

24 October, 2024

Concattedrale del Sacro Cuore, Houston (Texas)

The Secretary General is in Houston…

Changing culture with the Gospel

Sr. Raffaella Petrini, Secretary General of the Governorate of Vatican City State, will be in Houston, as part of a brief...

23 October, 2024

The Vatican Delegation participates…

The Secretary General of the Governorate, Sr. Raffaella Petrini, and the Director of the Directorate of Telecommunications and Information Systems, Mr. Antonino Intersimone, respectively, Chief...

23 October, 2024

Tulips planted in the Vatican Garde…

Tulips were planted in the Vatican Gardens on Tuesday morning, 22 October, in memory of Saint John Paul II, on the day of his liturgical...

22 October, 2024

An interview with Barbara Jatta, Di…

Art: beauty and instrument of evangelization

The Vatican Museums complex is a priceless heritage of creativity, civilization, art, history and tradition at the service of faith...

21 October, 2024

The Directorate of Telecommunicatio…

Two young students begin their internship

On 10 September, two young students from Villanova University, Pennsylvania, began an internship at the Internet Service Provider Office of...

19 October, 2024

Next “Thursday in the Museums” dedi…

Franciscan Echoes in the Vatican Pinacoteca

“Celebrating Francis in the time of Francis. Franciscan echoes in the Vatican Pinacoteca, 800 years after the appearance of the...

19 October, 2024

Inauguration of the World Telecommu…

Ethical Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence

The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-24) was inaugurated on Tuesday morning, 15 October, at Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi, India, and...

15 October, 2024

Inauguration of the newly-restored …

An artistic masterpiece that defies time

Thanks to the precious contribution of the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums, and after delicate restoration works...

14 October, 2024

The Astronomical Domes of the Ponti…

Ninety years since their construction, the astronomical domes of the Pontifical Palace of Castel Gandolfo will be open to visitors for the first time ever...

14 October, 2024

Vatican Delegation at the ITU Globa…

Human development requires the ethical use of technology

Integral human development “calls forth an ethically responsible use of technology”. If this is true for relatively simple...

14 October, 2024

The Governorate represents Vatican …

Strategic importance of new technologies

A Vatican City State Delegation will participate in the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly, (WTSA-24) from 15 to 24 October, and in...

9 October, 2024

Sr. Raffaella Petrini, Secretary Ge…

Global Innovation and Transformation

Sr. Raffaella Petrini, Secretary General of the Governorate of Vatican City State, will lead a State Delegation at the World Telecommunication Standardization...

8 October, 2024

Pope presides at Holy Mass for the …

Like angels who protect and serve

“Following the example of Saint Michael Archangel, be like the angels, who protect and serve”, Pope Francis said to Gendarmes...

7 October, 2024

Charging stations for electric vehi…

Accessible to holders of “employee” and “services” badges

Work has begun on the installation of charging stations for electric vehicles and plug-in electric vehicles in the...

2 October, 2024

A concert by the Musical Band of th…

A tribute to beauty and creativity to celebrate Saint Michael Archangel

The concert held on Sunday, 29 September, in the courtyard of the Pontifical Palace of...

30 September, 2024

Police celebrate their Patron Saint…

A service dedicated to the common good and to peace

Seventy five years ago, on 29 September 1949, Pius XII proclaimed Saint Michael Archangel, Protector of...

29 September, 2024

Maria Martinetti Stiavelli, (Roma, Italia, 1864 - Marin County, California, USA, 1937), La Malaria, 1887, olio su tela, Musei Vaticani.

“Unveiling” of the restored paintin…

A masterpiece restored thanks to the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums

Maria Martinetti Stiavelli (1864-1937), a painter from Rome, was only 23 years...

26 September, 2024

The General Secretary and a Delegat…

A common journey

“Forty-one years of history of the Patrons of the Arts of the Vatican Museums are the result of a common journey”, Sr. Raffaella...

25 September, 2024

Press Communiqué of the Governorate…

This year, the Nativity Scene that is set up in Saint Peter’s Square each year for the Christmas season, will be donated by Grado, a...

24 September, 2024

Concert of the Gendarmerie Corps Ba…

Sunday afternoon, 29 September in the Pontifical Palace of Castel Gandolfo

On the feast of Saint Michael Archangel, Patron of the Gendarmerie, Sunday 29 September at...

24 September, 2024

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga ble…

Act of Entrustment to Mary

A Korean presence in the Vatican Gardens to implore Mary for universal peace is the hope with which a mosaic of...

20 September, 2024

In New Orleans, the Secretary Gener…

From September 18 to 23, Sr. Raffaella Petrini, Secretary General of the Governorate, is in New Orleans, USA, to participate in the meeting of the...

19 September, 2024

Commemorative Stamp unveiled for th…

In union for the defense of human dignity and the rights of every person

Forty years of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the...

16 September, 2024

The Governorate launches its new we…

The Governorate of Vatican City State is committed to the promotion of institutional communication.

The launch of the new website, www.vaticanstate.va, and the creation of an...

14 September, 2024

The Heydar Aliyev Foundation of Aze…

A sign of friendship and cooperation

As the Jubilee approaches, the Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls is in need of restoration works to...

13 September, 2024

Agreement between the Governorate a…

For another thousand years of splendour

"The Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls - Jubilee 2025": is the theme of the Agreement between the Governorate...

6 September, 2024

An interview with Professor Andrea …

Assistance to all Vatican residents and employees

The Governorate’s Directorate of Health and Hygiene is responsible for medical and health care, public health and hygiene, emergency...

6 September, 2024

Circle of Siciolante, Girolamo said the Sermoneta (Sermoneta 1521 - Rome 1575); or circle of Vasari, Giorgio (Arezzo 1511 - Florence 1574), Altarpiece: Saint Sebastian receives the crown and the palm of martyrdom, mid-sixteenth century, Vatican Museums.

In September, Castel Gandolfo celeb…

A protector against the evils of body and spirit

In 1867, in the middle of August, an epidemic of cholera hit the Castelli Romani. Albano Laziale’s...

2 September, 2024

First issue of the quarterly

FROM THE HEART OF THE STATE - THE GOVERNORATE IS TOLD

From the heart of the state - The Governorate is told: it is the title...

30 August, 2024

An interview with the Director of t…

A cultural hub open to visitors from all over the world

In the last ten years, the Pontifical Villas have undergone a gradual transformation, from summer...

28 August, 2024

Apostolic Nunciature in the United States (Washington D.C.)

A stamp to celebrate 40 years of di…

On Monday, 16 September, a stamp will be presented in the Conference Hall of the Vatican Museums by Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga

Forty years ago, the...

27 August, 2024

Workshop at the Specola Vaticana (V…

Spirituality and astronomy

“Spirituality and Astronomy 2024 -- ‘When They Saw the Star, They Rejoiced with Great Joy’” is the theme of a workshop that takes...

26 August, 2024

Sr. Raffaella Petrini e l’Ambasciatore di Panamá svelano l'immagine del francobollo per il centenario delle relazioni diplomatiche tra Santa Sede e il Paese del Canale

Sister Raffaella Petrini and the Am…

Friendship linking relations between the two States

Among the initiatives organized for the centenary of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Panama is also the...

23 August, 2024

100th fountain in Vatican Gardens d…

A fascinating unicum

On Monday, 5 July 2010, during his address for the inauguration of the new fountain in the Vatican Gardens dedicated to Saint Joseph...

19 August, 2024

Sr. Raffaella Petrini invited to th…

The Secretary General of the Governorate, Mr. Raffaella Petrini, attended the 142nd Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus, which took place from 6 to...

13 August, 2024

A stamp that unites Saint Peter’s C…

This year marks the centenary of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Panama. To commemorate the event, on 21 May, the Governorate of Vatican...

13 August, 2024