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Interview with Engineer Luigi Salimbeni, Deputy Director of Telecommunications and Information Systems in Vatican City State

The participation of the Governorate’s Delegation at WTDC-25

A Delegation of the Governorate of Vatican City State took part in the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-25), held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 17 to 29 November 2025. Promoted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)—of which the State of Vatican City is a member—the United Nations agency for telecommunications, the conference adopted the motto “Universal, meaningful and affordable connectivity for an inclusive and sustainable digital future.”

In this interview with www.vaticanstate.va, Engineer Luigi Salimbeni, Deputy Director of the Directorate of Telecommunications and Information Systems, takes stock of the meeting.

Interview with the Director of the Vatican Pharmacy, Br. Thomas Binish Mulackal

The Parapharmacy Celebrates Its First Year 

Placing the person at the center of care and attention as a true mission —with a welcoming spirit of fraternity— in keeping with the charism of Saint John of God. These are the values that inspire the work of the parapharmacy ahop, which is celebrating its first year of opening in the Braccio di Carlo Magno in St. Peter’s Square. Brother Binish Thomas Mulackal, Director of the Vatican Pharmacy, speaks about it in this interview with www.vaticanstate.va.

Launch of the new app for the institutional website www.vaticanstate.va

Dedicated to Saint Carlo Acutis (1991–2006) and his talent for computer technology, the new official app of the Governorate of the Vatican City State has been launched.
The application features the institutional website www.vaticanstate.va and has been designed to provide access to institutional information even simpler, quicker and easier to use on mobile devices.

In St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV visits the Nativity Scene from Nocera Inferiore–Sarno

Pope Leo XIV visited the Nativity Scene from the Diocese of Nocera Inferiore–Sarno, set up in St. Peter’s Square for the 2025 Christmas season. On Wednesday afternoon, 31 December 2025, he visited the crèche after presiding in the Vatican Basilica over First Vespers for the Solemnity of Mary, Most Holy Mother of God, followed by the singing of the traditional Te Deum hymn of thanksgiving at the end of the year.

Castel Gandolfo: the Mexican Nativity Scene in the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo

An outpouring of warmth, faith and popular tradition surrounds the great Christmas tree placed at the center of the Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo. Hand-modeled terracotta figures recall the birth of Jesus. It is a Mexican nativity scene, with an essential number of characters: the Child, Mary, Joseph, the three Magi, a shepherd, and an angel. They have simple yet highly expressive forms: faces absorbed in contemplation of the mystery, all leaning toward the manger surrounded by the ox and the donkey.