Despite an oath to give their lives defending the pope, three members of the Vatican’s fabled Swiss Guard have abandoned the small force due to refusal to comply with a recent mandate to possess either a COVID-19 vaccination certificate or the results of a negative COVID test within the past 48 hours in order to Read more
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Vatican to vaccinate 1,200 people in need during Holy Week
Monday, March 29th, 2021The Vatican plans to vaccinate 1,200 people living in poverty during Holy Week with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The Office of Papal Charities is offering doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, purchased by the Holy See and offered by the Lazzaro Spallanzani Hospital through the Vatican COVID-19 Commission, to “the poorest and most marginalized people who, Read more
Pope’s charity provides free coronavirus tests for homeless
Monday, December 7th, 2020
Pope Francis’ charity has provided free flu vaccines and coronavirus tests to homeless people living in a town near Rome. The Vatican ambulance carried the medical supplies to the small seaside town of Torvaianica, located about 45 miles south of Rome city center. In heavy rain, health staff from the papal charity office administered the Read more
Immaculate Conception: Pope Francis cancels traditional act of veneration due to pandemic
Thursday, December 3rd, 2020The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will not visit Rome’s Piazza di Spagna this year for the traditional veneration of Mary on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception due to the pandemic. Instead, Francis will mark the feast day with “an act of private devotion, entrusting the city of Rome, its inhabitants and the Read more