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Estate Ragazzi summer camp is in full swing

Facing challenges with courage

With Don Quixote, to learn not to fear life’s difficulties, or feel alone because there is a friend at hand who can help. This year’s edition of Estate Ragazzi in the Vatican is teaching new generations to face challenges with courage. As the summer camp continues, Fr Franco Fontana, Director of the Salesian community in the Vatican and Chaplain of the Directorate of Security and Civil Protection Services and of the Vatican Museums, explains some details and announces the opening of a sporting centre for employees of the Governorate, where they will be able to engage in sports and socialize throughout the year.

An interview with the Director of the Vatican Observatory

Faith and Science in the search for Truth

Trying to “show to the world” that science and faith are mutually supportive is one of the goals of the Specola Vaticana, which throughout the centuries has brought together the most prestigious scientists from various nations, becoming a point of reference, especially for research in the astronomical field. Jesuit Brother Guy J. Consolmagno, Director of the Specola, shares his thoughts.

The "Nassa del Pescatore" in memory of Saint Peter

The realization by the Service of Gardens and Environment of the Governorate

In honour of the first Pope, the Garden and Environment Service of the Directorate for Infrastructure and Services of the Governatorate of Vatican City State has renewed a tradition that dates back to the end of the 18th century and was not resumed since 2017. 

A delegation of the Governorate meets Rome’s Facilities Team of the Tri-mission of the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See

Challenges and accessibility in work environments and respect of the historical and artistic heritage

The theme of accessibility, which is part of a larger American programme called Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) was at the heart of the encounter between a delegation of the Governorate of Vatican City State and the Tri-mission Rome’s Facilities Team of the Embassy of the United States of America to the Holy See.

Renewable energy and protection of the ecosystem

The Motu Proprio, Fratello Sole, calls for the construction of an agrivoltaic plant to supply electricity to Vatican City State

In his Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio, Fratello Sole of 21 June 2024, Pope Francis entrusted Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, President of the Governorate of Vatican City State, and Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, with the “the task of constructing an agrivoltaic plant located within the extraterritorial zone of Santa Maria di Galeria that will guarantee, not only the power supply of the radio station there, but also the complete energy sustenance of Vatican City State”.