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Christmas tree arrives in Saint Peter’s Square

On the morning of Thursday, 21 November, a 29-metre tall red fir tree from the Municipality of Ledro in Trento Region, was delivered to Saint Peter’s Square by special transport organized by the Santoni firm.

It will be raised on Friday, 22 November, and will be decorated with ornaments and lights by the Directorate for Infrastructures and Services of the Governorate of Vatican City State.

At the conclusion of the Christmas Season, wood from the tree will be used to make an art piece that will be displayed at “Ledro Land Art”,  which showcases installations made with natural materials, in the heart of Pur’s pine forest in Val di Ledro.

21 November: Presentation Of Mary To The Temple, Pro Orantibus Day

The witness of the Benedictine community residing in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery

On 21 November, the Church celebrates the Presentation of Mary to the Temple, which commemorates the Apocryphal Gospels’ account of the consecration of Our Lady to service in the Temple of Jerusalem. According to tradition, she was accompanied by her parents Joachim and Anne, and remained there until she was12 years old. The date of 21 November coincides with the day of the consecration of the New Church of the Virgin Mary in Jerusalem, initiated by Byzantine Emperor Justinian 1, and completed by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Peter.

Inauguration of the exhibition, “Bernini’s Souls”, at the Vatican Museums

Solidarity with the people of Valencia and all of Spain devastated by the DANA storm system

Art, culture and the Jubilee can be opportunities for solidarity and support to people affected by natural disasters, like the DANA storm system that struck Valencia. The exhibition titled, “Bernini’s Souls”, which was inaugurated on Tuesday afternoon, 19 November, at the Vatican Museums, by Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, President of the Governorate of Vatican City State, and by H.E. Ms. Maria María Isabel Celaá Diéguez, Ambassador of Spain to the Holy See, is an expression of the close relationship between artistic masterpieces and charity. In his address, Cardinal Vérgez Alzaga expressed his sympathy to those affected by the “disastrous DANA storm system of 29 October, which devasted the Region of Valencia and other regions in Spain, last week, including Malaga and Granada”, and ensured his prayers for the victims.

Two new ambulances for the Directorate of Health and Hygiene

With little more than a month to go to the opening of Jubilee 2025, the Directorate of Health and Hygiene is preparing to receive the influx of pilgrims, by maximizing its capacity to intervene and assist the many faithful who will pass through the Holy Door. As part of these preparations, two new ambulances have been donated to the Directorate, by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and by the Futuro Salute ETS Per Nuovi Modelli di Welfare Foundation.

A Delegation of the Governorate meets the Secretary General of the ITU at the Pontifical Lateran University

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.), la Signora Doreen Bogdan-Martin. L’incontro è promosso dalla Cattedra Unesco sul futuro dell’educazione alla sostenibilità della Pontificia Università Lateranense, e si svolge, mercoledì mattina, 20 novembre.