01-15-2025, 06:52 PM
Your post is widely misleading.
You should quote the complete headlines of both articles. Here, I will do it for you: "The Vatican City State has toughened sanctions for those who try to illegally enter its territory in areas where free access is not allowed."
Anyone, and I mean ANYONE, can enter into the Vatican's territory, without the need of a passport, a visa, or even your baptism certificate (/end sarcasm).
What the articles and the decree you mention provide, is that those who enter areas that are forbidden for free access, will be sanctioned. -as would be the case in any other country. Americans can not freely enter the Pentagon or the Capitol (unless its January 6, 2020 and you have a red hat, of course), as these are restricted areas.
It's the same in the Vatican. Anyone can cross the "border" between Rome and the Vatican and enter Saint Peter's Basilica, admire the Sistine Chapel (provided you buy a ticket) or walk along the Vatican's walls, but you cannot enter some of its gardens, the Cardinal's College or the Pope's bedrooms, as those are restricted areas. The decree only provides harsher penalties for those who enter those off the public areas.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
You should quote the complete headlines of both articles. Here, I will do it for you: "The Vatican City State has toughened sanctions for those who try to illegally enter its territory in areas where free access is not allowed."
Anyone, and I mean ANYONE, can enter into the Vatican's territory, without the need of a passport, a visa, or even your baptism certificate (/end sarcasm).
What the articles and the decree you mention provide, is that those who enter areas that are forbidden for free access, will be sanctioned. -as would be the case in any other country. Americans can not freely enter the Pentagon or the Capitol (unless its January 6, 2020 and you have a red hat, of course), as these are restricted areas.
It's the same in the Vatican. Anyone can cross the "border" between Rome and the Vatican and enter Saint Peter's Basilica, admire the Sistine Chapel (provided you buy a ticket) or walk along the Vatican's walls, but you cannot enter some of its gardens, the Cardinal's College or the Pope's bedrooms, as those are restricted areas. The decree only provides harsher penalties for those who enter those off the public areas.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
There is one rule that I know of, babies. God damn it, you've got to be kind.
