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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.
On Friday morning, 14 June, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, blessed and inaugurated the Library of the Third Lodge of the Apostolic Palace after the completion of restoration works carried out by the Governorate’s Directorates for Infrastructure and Services, of Telecommunication and Information Systems and of Museums and Cultural Heritage.
The new “San Francesco e Santa Chiara” (Saints Francis and Clare) nursery school inside Vatican City will be inaugurated on Monday, April 14, at 5:00 p.m. The premises will be blessed by Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, President Emeritus of the Governorate of the Vatican City State. Among others present are Sr. Raffaella Petrini, President of the Governorate, the two General Secretaries, Archbishop Emilio Nappa, and Atty. Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi, and Fr. Franco Fontana, Coordinator of the Chaplains of the Directorates and Central Offices.
Art, culture and the Jubilee can be opportunities for solidarity and support to people affected by natural disasters, like the DANA storm system that struck Valencia. The exhibition titled, “Bernini’s Souls”, which was inaugurated on Tuesday afternoon, 19 November, at the Vatican Museums, by Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, President of the Governorate of Vatican City State, and by H.E. Ms. Maria María Isabel Celaá Diéguez, Ambassador of Spain to the Holy See, is an expression of the close relationship between artistic masterpieces and charity. In his address, Cardinal Vérgez Alzaga expressed his sympathy to those affected by the “disastrous DANA storm system of 29 October, which devasted the Region of Valencia and other regions in Spain, last week, including Malaga and Granada”, and ensured his prayers for the victims.
The official inauguration of the new photovoltaic system in the Cortile delle Corazze at the entrance of the Vatican Museums,marks a step forward on the journey towards obtaining energy from renewable resources, in an effort to reduce carbon emissions and to respect our Common Home.
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.
Thanks to the precious contribution of the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums, and after delicate restoration works that lasted almost five years. the celebrated and priceless sculpture dating back to the early decades of the second century, is now open to public viewing again.
The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-24) was inaugurated on Tuesday morning, 15 October, at Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi, India, and will conclude on 24 October. A Vatican Delegation, led by Sr. Raffaella Petrini, Secretary General of the Governorate, is participating in the Assembly.
The beautiful tapestry, “The Stoning of Saint Stephen”, by Raffaello Sanzio, will be on display in the Sala dei Papi (Hall of Popes) of Castel Gandolfo’s Pontifical Palace, while the painting, “The Adoration of the Child”, by Domenico Bigordi, known as Ghirlandaio, will be on display in the Palace’s lower floor, along with four paintings of the Nativity by Masters of the 15th century.
Attraverso la Dottrina Sociale, la Chiesa presenta “la sua risposta alle questioni etiche sollevate nel tempo dalle società e interpreta i valori morali delle attività sociali, compresa la leadership umana, offrendo principi guida, non soluzioni tecniche, coerenti con la visione evangelica della vita”. Così Suor Raffaella Petrini, Segretario Generale del Governatorato dello Stato della Città del Vaticano, intervenendo alla Keeley Vatican Lecture, mercoledì 1° novembre 2023, presso il Nanovic Institute for European Studies dell'Università Notre Dame, negli Stati Uniti d'America.
Wearing a red t-shirt and a backpack on his shoulders, with a gentle smile that expresses his love of life, the serene portrait is of 15-year old Carlo Acutis immersed in nature on Mount Subasio, near Assisi, during one of his last field trips before his untimely death. It is the image reproduced on the postage stamp dedicated to the canonization of Carlo Acutis on April 27.
In onore del primo Papa, il Servizio Giardini e Ambiente della Direzione delle Infrastrutture e Servizi del Governatorato dello Stato della Città del Vaticano, ha rinnovato una tradizione che risale alla fine del XVIII secolo e che non veniva più ripresa dal 2017.
Suor Raffaella Petrini, Segretario Generale del Governatorato dello Stato della Città del Vaticano, ha ricevuto la laurea honoris causa in scienze umane della Seton Hall University. La consegna ufficiale si è svolta durante la 168ªcerimonia del conferimento della laurea, martedì 21 maggio, nel Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey (Stati Uniti d'America).
“Buchi neri, onde gravitazionali e singolarità spazio-temporali”: è il tema del convegno scientifico che si svolgerà a Castel Gandolfo dal 17 al 21 giugno. Promosso dalla Specola Vaticana, organismo scientifico del Governatorato - e sostenuto dall'Istituto nazionale di Fisica nucleare (Infn), uno dei più importanti istituti di ricerca pubblici italiani - l'incontro internazionale vuole ricordare l’eredità scientifica di Monsignor Georges Lemaître (1894-1966), il fisico belga che ha sviluppato quella che oggi è conosciuta come la teoria del Big Bang.
A 160 anni dalla fondazione della Croce Rossa Italiana, avvenuta a Milano il 15 giugno 1864, ben quattro Stati emetteranno congiuntamente un francobollo commemorativo. Si tratta delle Amministrazioni Postali di Città del Vaticano, Italia, San Marino, e Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta.
There is an urgent need to outline a framework to regulate Artificial Intelligence, one developed by experts from various areas and sectors, who can assess potential developments, benefits and risks, said Sister Raffaella Petrini, General Secretary of the Governorate of Vatican City State, and head of the Holy See’s Delegation, during a ministerial round table discussion of the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event 2024, on the theme: “The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Action Lines and the WSIS+20 review process”. The High-Level Event took place on Tuesday, 28 May in Geneva, Switzerland.
The first entirely electric popemobile has been delivered to Pope Francis by Mercedes-Benz. Inspired by the principles outlined in the Encyclical, Laudato Si’, it will be used throughout the Jubilee.
The vehicle was delivered during a ceremony at Largo Giovanni Paolo II in the Vatican on Wednesday afternoon, 4 December.
The mobile Post Office in Saint Peter’s Square has officially “retired”. It made its last journey, heading to the junkyard, on Thursday morning, 5 December.
The Governorate of the Vatican City State, in its effort to offer comprehensive and widespread communication, has opened its official Instagram account for the Pontifical Villas at Castel Gandolfo: villepontificie.
The account provides useful news to visitors and will include basic and historic information about this centuries old historic landmark of the papacy.
The creation of the account has the objective of promoting, to a wider audience, the activities carried out by the Directorate of the Pontifical Villas, informing the public with current news and initiatives of public interest.
This channel will make it possible to reach people and organizations that obtain information and communicate primarily through the use of social media networks.
On Thursday morning, 19 December, Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, President of the Governorate of Vatican City State, and Mr. Matteo Del Fante and Mr. Giuseppe Lasco, respectively, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Poste Italiane, will inaugurate a new post office in Saint Peter’s Square.
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