“Tutt’Altro – Quando l’Altro è Tutto” (Something else all together – When the Other is Everything) is the theme of the sixth edition of the summer camp, Estate Ragazzi in the Vatican, which will resume on Monday, 16 June and run until Friday, 1 August. Promoted by the Governorate of Vatican City State, it is open to children of employees of the Governorate and of the Holy See.

Ad multos annos

The Governorate of Vatican City State joyfully joins in celebrations for the 12th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis. 

Sr. Raffaella Petrini, Archbishop Emilio Nappa, Mr. Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi (lawyer), respectively, President and Secretaries General of the Governorate of Vatican City State, along with the Directors, Office Managers and employees of the Governorate are grateful to the Pontiff for the years he spent at the service of the Church. 

The traditional Way of the Cross in the Vatican Gardens for employees of the Governorate, will take place during Holy Week, on Tuesday morning, 15 April at 8:15 a.m. The Way of the Cross will begin in the square in front of the Governorate and proceed towards the evocative backdrop of the Lourdes Grotto. Each station will be animated by a representative of each Directorate and Central Office, led by their respective Chaplains. The Via Crucis is organized by the Events Planning Office.

It will be an opportunity to share a moment of prayer in preparation for Easter, in accordance with Pope Francis’ words in his message for Lent 2025:

“God is asking us to examine whether in our lives, in our families, in the places where we work and spend our time, we are capable of walking together with others, listening to them, resisting the temptation to become self-absorbed and to think only of our own needs”.

Contemplating the mystery of the Passion of the Lord

Fourteen paintings, depicting the Stations of the Way of the Cross, by Gaetano Previati, were unveiled on Friday, 7 March, in Saint Peter’s Basilica, where they will remain throughout the Lenten Season, to give the faithful an opportunity to contemplate the mysteries of the Passion of the Lord.

We are all children of the same Father

Medicine, assistance and accompanying the sick require, not only the necessary professional qualifications, but also, and above all, a novel way of relating among brothers and sisters, all of whom are children of the same Father, said Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, President emeritus of the Governorate of Vatican City State, during a Eucharistic concelebration to mark the liturgical memorial of Saint John of God. The Holy Mass was celebrated on Thursday morning, 6 March, in the Palace of the Governorate’s Church of Mary, Mother of the Family, ahead of the official date of the liturgical memorial which falls on 8 March, to allow employees to participate.