Mandatory green pass to enter the Vatican, but not for mass

Compulsory Green Pass, from 1 October, to access the Vatican except “for those who participate in liturgical celebrations for the time strictly necessary for the performance of the rite, without prejudice to the current health regulations on distancing, on the use of personal protective equipment, on the limitation of the circulation and gathering of people and the adoption of specific hygiene rules. This is established by an ordinance of the Governorate of Vatican City in the light of the Pope’s audience with the President of the Governorate in which Bergoglio “affirmed that it is necessary to ensure the health and well-being of the working community with respect for the dignity, rights and fundamental freedoms of each of its members “. In detail, the ordinance provides that” with effect from 1 October, entry into the State of Vatican City and in the areas referred to in Articles 15 and 16 of the Lateran Treaty, exclusively, to subjects with the State Covid Digital Certificate (“Vatican Green Pass”), the Covid Digital Certificate pursuant to art. 4, §1 of Decree no. CDXXXII of 15 July 2021 (“European Green Pass”) or foreign Covid19 green certification proving the status of vaccination against SARS-Cov-2 or recovery from SARS-Cov-2, or the carrying out of a molecular test or rapid antigenic with negative result to the SARS-Cov-2 virus “. The control is delegated to the Corps of the Gendarmerie.” These provisions – says the ordinance – apply to citizens, residents in the State, staff on duty, to any title, in the Governorate of the Vatican City State and in the various Bodies of the Roman Curia and the institutions connected to it, to all visitors and users of services “. The obligation of the Green Pass does not concern the faithful who go to mass:” An exception is made for those who participate in liturgical celebrations for the time strictly necessary for the performance of the rite, without prejudice to the current health regulations on spacing, on the use of individual protection devices. ual, on the limitation of circulation and the gathering of people and on the adoption of specific hygiene rules “.