The President of the Governorate met with H.E. Mr. Leyde Ernesto Rodríguez Hernández, Ambassador of Cuba to the Holy See, to discuss shared projects involving the Directorate of Telecommunications and Information Systems, the Directorate of Infrastructure and Services, and the Directorate of Museums and Cultural Heritage.
Ms. Rebecca Danis Webb, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of the United States of America to the Holy See met with the President of the Governorate to discuss joint projects involving the Vatican Directorates of Telecommunications and Information Systems, Infrastructure and Services, and Vatican Museums and Cultural Heritage.
The President of the Governorate met with H.E. Mr Adam Mariusz Kwiatkowski, Ambassador of Poland to the Holy See, to discuss joint projects involving the Directorates of Telecommunications and Information Systems, Infrastructure and Services, and Museums and Cultural Heritage.
Healthcare Assistance for Consecrated Religious and Missionarie
An initiative of significant ethical and social value, aimed at studying, developing and implementing a financially sustainable solution for the healthcare and assistance of consecrated religious, missionaries and other related categories of persons who are not enrolled, or are not eligible for enrolment, in the Vatican Healthcare Assistance Fund.
The President of the Governorate of Vatican City met Mr. Brian Francis Burch, Ambassador of the United States of America to discuss shared projects concerning the Directorates of Telecommunications and Computer Systems, of Infrastructure and Services and of the Vatican Museums and Cultural Heritage.
The Vatican Christmas Tree Lights Up with Children’s Hope
The decorations, inspired by the theme “The World I Wish For”, will give a voice to children with cancer involved in the ceramic-therapy workshops of Fondazione Lene Thun, active throughout Italy.
The Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto, together with the Associazione Amici del Presepe di Atessa [Association of Friends for the Creche of the town of Atessa, Italy] the Libera Confraternita degli Artisti, and the Santi Pietro e Paolo Prison Education Centre of Vasto, Italy, will create the traditional Nativity scene in St Peter’s Square for Christmas 2026.
Thousands of multicolored flowers and plants from Italy and the Netherlands will adorn St. Peter’s Square and the Basilica for the celebrations of Holy Week. Their arrangement and artistic creations will be carried out by the staff of the Gardens and Environment Service of the Directorate of Infrastructure and Services of the Governorate of the Vatican City State, in collaboration with the entities who have donated the plants and flowers.
From Val d’Ultimo, in the province of Bolzano, comes the majestic Norway spruce, 25 meters tall and weighing 8,000 kilograms, which will be set up in St. Peter’s Square for Christmas 2025. It was felled at five o’clock on, 24 November, and has been sent to Rome.
