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Completed in record time almost on the eve of the Jubilee Year, a new photovoltaic system has been installed in the Cortile delle Corazze in the entrance of the Vatican Museums and will produce electric energy from a renewable resource.
“Why Do We Look Up?: An Astronomer's Reflection on the Universe and the Call to Study It”, is the title of a lecture by Jesuit Brother, Guy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory, held on Wednesday, 20 November, at the Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry at St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge.
Brother Thomas Binish Mulackal, of the Fatebenefratelli Order (Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God), inaugurated an over-the-counter pharmacy in the Charlemagne Wing of Saint Peter’s Square on Monday morning, 16 December. Fr. Iulian Misariu, OFM Conv., Chaplain, blessed the premises for the occasion.
Christmas is always an opportunity to gather together in friendship and communion, as it is also for those who are united in their vocation and mission to preserve the artistic, historical and cultural heritage of the Vatican Museums in order to pass it on to the next generations.
An over-the-counter pharmacy, under the direction of the Vatican Pharmacy, will be available in Saint Peter’s Square in view of the expected increase in the number of visitors and pilgrims for the Jubilee. The new facility will sell healthcare products that do not require prescriptions, such as supplements and personal hygiene products. Brother Binish Thomas Mulackal of the Order of Fatebenefratelli, Director of the Vatican Pharmacy, talks about the new facility in the following interview.
In view of the expected increase in the number of visitors and pilgrims for the Jubilee Year, an over-the-counter pharmacy, under the direction of the Vatican Pharmacy, will be placed in the Charlemagne Wing of Saint Peter’s Square. Fr. Iulian Misariu will bless the premises during an inauguration ceremony on Monday morning, 16 December.
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