Leadership Oriented Toward Supporting Integral Human Development

Five significant dimensions of “women in Christian religious life today” — presence, formation, diversity, complexity, and service — were illustrated by Sr. Raffaella Petrini, President of the Governorate of the Vatican City State, during a lecture at the Dominican Philosophical Institute of Bologna on Friday morning, October 24.

The human person and their needs are at center

Governing a complex organization like the Vatican City State, oriented to the common good and the integral development of the human person, requires multiple skills and collaboration between individuals and departments. This was emphasized by Sister Raffaella Petrini, President of the Governorate of the Vatican City State, on Saturday, October 25, during the meeting on "Women’s Leadership and Catholic Universities," held in Rome on Saturday, October 25, promoted by the Executive Program of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU).

In Memory of Saint Alphonsus de’ Liguori

An entire diocese, with all the components of its community, is mobilizing to create and set up the Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square for Christmas 2025. It is the southern Italian Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, within whose territory stands the basilica that houses the mortal remains of Saint Alphonsus de’ Liguori, author of the famous Italian Christmas carol Tu scendi dalle stelle. The Saint himself will be portrayed as a shepherd in the Nativity scene that will be displayed in St. Peter’s Square. Bishop Giuseppe Giudice speaks about it in this interview with http://www.vaticanstate.va

From October 23 to November 4, 2025 the Vatican Museums will offer visitors the unique opportunity to admire, within the Sistine Chapel, two magnificent tapestries by Raphael. They are displayed in honor of King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s visit to the Vatican, especially for their united ecumenical prayer for the care of Creation, presided over by Pope Leo XIV.

Patroness of Venezuela

A new Marian image has been placed on the walls of the Bastione di Maestro in the Vatican Gardens: Our Lady of Coromoto, Patroness of Venezuela.
In the inaugural ceremony held on the morning of Monday, October 20 — the day after the canonization of the first two Venezuelan Saints, José Gregorio Hernández and Mother Carmen Rendiles Martínez — the mosaic depicting Mary enthroned with the Child was unveiled and blessed.