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A Jesuit's Guide to the Stars - Exploring Wonder, Beauty, and Science, a new book by Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory and of the Vatican Observatory Foundation, was presented on Monday evening, 3 February, in the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington D.C.
Enrollment to the “Saint Francis and Saint Clare” Child Care Centre, promoted by the Governorate, is now open to children of Vatican employees.
Catholic higher education plays “a very important role”, because the Catholic Church “is still a credible Institution, which people trust because of her ability to be in favour of the human person and to be a mediator in seeking solutions to the more delicate problems in society and in our common life”, said Sr. Raffaella Petrini, Secretary General of the Governorate of Vatican City State, during her address at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU), on Sunday morning, 2 February, at the Grand Hyatt Washington in the capital of the United States of America.
We took part in a World Day of Consecrated Life in Saint Peter’s for the first time in February 2024, when we first arrived at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery. The Day was presided by the Holy Father and shared with a large number of women and men religious. It was an experience of true ecclesial communion, which we lived with profound gratitude in our first year in the heart of the Church. The Pope’s words, that echoed in our hearts with renewed strength, made us better understand what the Church and the world expect from consecrated people, both from those who serve the Church in the ministry of prayer and daily dedication to a hidden and silent life, and those who have the very important mission of bringing the Gospel to all the peoples.
“On this Vatican hill, we recall the great men, women and children who gave their life for their faith in Jesus, Son of God”, said Msgr. Terence Hogan, Coordinator of the Office for Relations with Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums, during his homily at a Eucharistic celebration on Wednesday afternoon, 29 January, in the Church of Mary, Mother of the Family in the Vatican. The Mass was attended by Lisa and Rick Altig, their son Andy, and a group of members of the Northwest Chapter of the Patrons.
Twenty-three students from Spain, studying for the 2025 Master's Degree, organized by the Cadena de Ondas Populares Españolas, better known as Radio COPE, met with Sr. Raffaella Petrini, Secretary General of the Governorate on Friday morning, 24 January, at the Palace of the Governorate.
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Profound sorrow for the death of Pope Francis
Sr. Raffaella Petrini, Archbishop Emilio Nappa and Atty. Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi, respectively President and the Secretary Generals of the Governorate, together with Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, President Emeritus, join the entire Church in mourning for the passing of beloved Pope Francis, whose papacy was a blessing for the whole world.
He is remembered as a promoter of peace who, with great authority, defended freedom and human dignity, firmly opposing armed conflict as a means of resolving international disputes.
Throughout his pontificate, Francis promoted interreligious and intercultural dialogue, constantly calling all people to seek what unites rather than what divides them, pointing to the values of solidarity and civility in building societies that are more human-centered. He showed particular attention to friendship and love of neighbor, always keeping a special focus on the poor, forgotten and most vulnerable.
The State’s governing bodies, together with all the employees of the Governorate of the Vatican City State in all its Departments and Offices, join with the Church’s liturgy for the departed, lifting their prayers to God for the late Pontiff.