Un paso adelante hacia la realización de una planta agrovoltaica en Santa María de Galeria se ha dado el jueves 31 de julio de 2025, a las 12.00 horas, cuando se firmó en el Palacio Borromeo, sede de la Embajada de Italia ante la Santa Sede en Roma, un Acuerdo entre la Santa Sede y la República Italiana. Así lo ha dado a conocer un comunicado de la Santa Sede.

Il Governatorato dello Stato della Città del Vaticano ha sottoscritto, giovedì mattina, 27 febbraio, nella sede romana dell’Agenzia in Piazza Mastai, un importante Protocollo di collaborazione con l’Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli della Repubblica Italiana. A firmare l’intesa, volta a dare nuovo impulso alla cooperazione in materia doganale, il direttore dell’Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli, Roberto Alesse, e il Presidente del Governatorato, il Cardinale Fernando Vérgez Alzaga. L’Accordo mira a orientare, in un mondo che cambia velocemente soprattutto sotto il profilo tecnologico, l’interoperabilità tra i due sistemi doganali, semplificando, attualizzando e rendendo più efficienti le procedure. A tale scopo, il Protocollo affronta due aspetti fondamentali: il primo riguarda l’introduzione, in via sperimentale, di un sistema telematizzato per la presentazione delle dichiarazioni valutarie di denaro contante relative alle movimentazioni transfrontaliere da, e verso, lo Stato della Città del Vaticano. L’adozione di questa tecnologia premetterà di rendere le operazioni più veloci, precise e sicure, di snellire i processi e di aumentare la trasparenza. Il secondo aspetto strategico dell’Accordo riguarda, invece, l’aggiornamento continuo delle competenze del personale doganale. Un team di funzionari qualificati dell’Agenzia, infatti, grazie a uno specifico programma formativo, aggiorneranno il personale doganale del Vaticano, fornendo supporto alla digitalizzazione delle procedure e condividendo le best practices già seguite dell’Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli.

Un passo avanti per la realizzazione di un impianto agrivoltaico a Santa Maria di Galeria è stato compiuto, giovedì 31 luglio 2025, alle ore 12.00, quando è stato firmato a Palazzo Borromeo, sede dell’Ambasciata d’Italia presso la Santa Sede a Roma, un Accordo tra la Santa Sede e la Repubblica. Così rende noto un comunicato della Santa Sede.

“Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you; carefully consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith” (Hebrews 13:7). Deep and heartfelt are the sentiments of gratitude for the late Pope Francis, who returned to the House of the Father on the morning of Monday, April 21, 2025, at the Domus Sanctae Marthae.

The Rosary for Peace in the World

“Today is the day of the Prayer of Supplication to Our Lady of Pompeii. Our Mother Mary always wants to walk at our side, to remain close to us, to help us with her intercession and her love. So I would like to pray together with you. Let us pray together for this new mission, for the whole Church, for peace in the world, and let us ask Mary, our Mother, for this special grace: Hail Mary...”

As part of its development programme for sustainable mobility, launched in November of last year and called “Ecological Conversion 2030, the Governorate of Vatican City State is continuing to gradually replace the State’s vehicles with electrical vehicles, in an effort to achieve zero impact by 2030.

The Christmas atmosphere has also reached the Pontifical Palace of Castel Gandolfo, brightening it up with the climate of the season’s festivities. as indicated by a series of events that took place on Tuesday morning, 10 December, including the inauguration of a nativity scene and the lighting of a Christmas tree.

FROM THE HEART OF THE STATE - THE GOVERNORATE IS TOLD

From the heart of the state - The Governorate is told: it is the title of the quarterly online periodical, promoted and published by the Governatorate of the Vatican City State.

Friday, April 24 was a special day for 11 children from the “San Francesco e Santa Chiara” nursery school within the Vatican City, as they took part in their first educational field trip outside the school facility. It was a meaningful experience designed to offer the youngest children an opportunity for growth, socialization, and outdoor fun.

Pope Leo XIV attended the presentation of the new philatelic issue promoted by the Bartolucci Foundation and produced by the Vatican Post Office.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was, “in the history of the Church, one of the composers who most contributed to the promotion of sacred music,” for “the glory of God and the sanctification and edification of the faithful,” as written by Saint Pius X in the Motu Proprio Inter plurimas pastoralis officii sollicitudines, dated November 22, 1903, in the context of the momentous yet hopeful era of the Counter-Reformation.

Coins created through a collaboration between Italy, the Vatican, and San Marino unveiled

Assisi, 14 May 2026 – The numismatic triptych dedicated to the Canticle of the Creatures was presented today in the Cimabue Hall of the “Colle del Paradiso” Conference Center within the monumental complex of the Sacred Convent of Saint Francis in Assisi. The project was created through a collaboration between Italy, the Vatican, and San Marino as part of the celebrations marking the 800th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis of Assisi. Included in the official calendar of Franciscan celebrations, the initiative represents a meeting point between art, spirituality, and numismatics in the symbolic place of the life and message of the Saint of Assisi.

The Governorate’s increasing commitment to green energy 

Fourteen electric vehicles, including 4 Melex passenger vehicles for the Gendarmerie and 10 Goupil utility vehicles for the working needs of the Vatican City State have joined the car park inventory. Newly supplied by the company Exelentia (Italian Mobility Factory), the additions facilitate the Governorate’s continuing implementation of its sustainable mobility development program launched in November 2023 with the title “Ecological Conversion 2030”. In addition, Exelentia will donate two electric vehicles appropriately modified for papal needs.

In occasione del 25° anno della costituzione della Fondazione Venezia per la Ricerca sulla Pace, lo Stato della Città del Vaticano e l’Italia, attraverso il Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy, emetteranno un francobollo congiunto.

Nel 2025 ricorre il primo secolo di vita del Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana, e il Servizio Poste e Filatelia del Governatorato dello Stato della Città del Vaticano – insieme al Lussemburgo, con cui realizza una emissione congiunta – celebra questo anniversario con un francobollo dedicato ai cento anni di attività scientifica e di tutela del patrimonio archeologico d’età cristiana.

The Governorate, continuing its commitment to the implementation of the “Ecological Conversion 2030” project—launched following the commitments undertaken upon the accession of the Vatican City State to the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—has activated the second phase of the medium and long-term vehicle rental program. For the time being the car rental service is reserved for employees of the Governorate of  Vatican City State.

Pope Leo XIV will move to the summer Papal residence in Castel Gandolfo for a period of rest, as announced by the Prefecture of the Papal Household.

On Saturday, August 2, Pope Leo XIV received in audience, in a foyer of the Paul VI Audience Hall, a select group representing the Vatican Museums. During the meeting, a painting depicting Saint Augustine and an angel, the work of an anonymous Roman artist of the 18th century, was presented and entrusted to the Pope.

The financial reform has brought great changes

“The financial reform that Pope Benedict began and that Pope Francis continued with dedication has brought great changes to the structures and procedures of the Holy See and Vatican City State”, said Sister Raffaella Petrini, Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist and General Secretary of Vatican City State, in her address to participants in a workshop on “Transparency and Accountability in the Catholic Church: A Practical Journey”. The meeting was held on Wednesday morning, 19 June, in the Old Synod Hall in the Vatican.

A call to protect creation

The exhibition’s 24 photographs portrayed the contrast between the beauty of Creation and the damages caused by climate change to nature and to peoples throughout the world. Curated by Lia and Marianna Beltrami in cooperation with the Dicastery for Communication, the Dicastery for Integral Human Development and the Laudato Si’ Centre for Higher Education, the photographs, which were exhibited in the Charlemagne Wing of Saint Peter’s Square, were part of the project, “Emotions to Generate Change”. The exhibition was open to the public from 7 to 24 May.