• During the visit to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy on the occasion of the 325th anniversary of its foundation

    Pope Leo XIV signed the oversized replica of the commemorative stamp

    During his visit to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy marking the 325th anniversary of its foundation, Pope Leo XIV signed the oversized reproduction of the commemorative stamp issued by the Postal and Philatelic Service of the Directorate of Telecommunications and Information Systems of the Governorate of the Vatican City State. The event took place on Monday afternoon, April 27, at the historic headquarters of the Pontifical Academy, Palazzo Severoli, located in Piazza della Minerva in Rome.

  • The Vatican City State Celebrates the 600th Anniversary of the University of Leuven with a Commemorative Stamp

    Under the Gaze of the Sedes Sapientiae

    On the occasion of the six hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, one of the oldest academic institutions in Europe, the Philatelic and Postal Service of the Governorate of the Vatican City State has chosen to pay tribute to this historic cultural landmark with the issue of a commemorative stamp and a special postmark.