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The Band of the Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City at the Jubilee of Bands and Popular Entertainment

From Vatican City through the Arco delle Campane and St. Peter’s Square, the musical marching band of the Gendarmerie Corps paraded to Piazza Risorgimento as part of its participation in the Jubilee of Bands and Popular Entertainment which took place on May 10 and 11. On Sunday afternoon, May 11, the band then held a concert in Piazza Risorgimento square outside of the Vatican walls, performing a variety of melodies among which the papal anthem, the Jubilee anthem and the Italian national anthem to hundreds of visitors and pilgrims in the square. 

Habemus Papam

Robert Francis Prevost 

Qui sibi nomen imposuit

Leone XIV

Postal Cancellation Habemus Papam

For the election of the Successor of Peter, the Habemus Papam postal cancellation will be available for postage use.

The Postal and Philately Service of the department of Telecommunications and Information Systems of the Governorate announces that it will be possible, immediately after the papal election, to obtain the cancellation postmark at the Vatican Post Office in St. Peter's Square.

Postmark for the Opening of the Conclave

The Postal and Philately Service of the department of Telecommunications and Information Systems of the Governorate communicates that the postmark or cancelation for the Opening of the Conclave is available for postage use as of Wednesday, 7 May at 4:30 p.m.

The cancelation is available at the Post Office in St. Peter's Square.

Press release Postage Stamps Sede Vacante MMXXV

The Vatican City State announces that the commemorative stamps of the Sede Vacante MMXXV(2025) for postage use are on sale at the Vatican Post Offices, including the general public accessible sales points located in St. Peter's Square.
The philatelic series of the Sede Vacante MMXXV will also be available soon with a print run in line with market demand through the e-shop sales channels of the Commercializzazione Filatelica e Numismatica office, which will be reactivated this summer.
The stamps are divided into four postal values (€ 1.25 - € 1.30 - € 2.45 - € 3.20) and will be sold at their relative face value.

The commitment of the Directorate of Infrastructure and Services of the Governorate

In preparation for the Conclave: the Sistine Chapel

The entire Church and the entire world are observing what is happening these days in the most famous and well-known chapel: the Sistine Chapel. To adapt it for the functions of the Conclave, not a single detail is left to chance. There is considerable expertise and professionalism behind its preparation, a monumental task requiring energy, organization and workers, including carpenters, electricians, plumbers, blacksmiths, constructors, fitters, upholsterers, cleaning staff – professional teams whose coordination is entrusted to the Directorate of Infrastructure and Services of the Governorate. Engineer Silvio Screpanti, Deputy Director of the Infrastructure Sector of the same Directorate, talks about it in this interview with www.vaticanstate.va