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A new mobile post office has been inaugurated in Saint Peter’s Square, just a few days before the opening of the Holy Door.
The inauguration ceremony, with the symbolic handing over of the keys and the signing of the Act of Donation, took place on Thursday morning, 19 December.
Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, President of the Governorate of Vatican City State, and the General Manager of Poste Italiane, Giuseppe Lasco, cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony and signed the Act of Donation. Poste Italiane commissioned the project for the new post office to Amdl Circle and to the architect Michele De Lucchi, and then donated it to the Governorate.
On Monday, 21 October 2024, the Post and Philately Service of the Directorate of Telecommunications and Information Systems had the pleasure of welcoming the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, H.E. Mr. Yoshifumi Tsuge, the Ambassador of Japan to the Holy See, H.E. Mr. Akira Chiba, and a small representative Delegation. The guests were accompanied on their visit by the Director of Telecommunications and Information Systems, Mr. Antonino Intersimone, Office Manager, Fr. Felice Bruno, and a group of representatives of the Service.