USEFUL INFORMATION
apply for Papal Blessing Parchments
(Office of Papal Charities: tel. +39.06.69883135, fax +39.06.69883132)
send donations to the Holy Father (Peter's Pence - Office of Papal Charities)
purchase Photographs at L'Osservatore Romano
purchase video-recordings at the Vatican Television Center
purchase tickets for the Vatican Museums (opening hours / services / guided tour / opening night schedule / educational activities / publications...) - Online Ticket Office
visit the Vatican Gardens or the Gardens of the Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo: Online Ticket Office - Practical Info - How to get there - Visit Itinerary
visit the Vatican Necropolis (write to the Excavations Office by e-Mail scavi@fsp.va or by fax +39 06 69873017)
Vatican Central Telephone Exchange: +39.06.6982
PAPAL BASILICAS
General Information: fax +39.06.698.85518
Sacristy +39.06.698.83712
Daily Mass Schedule: 7-7.30-8-8.30-9-10-11-12-17
Sundays and Holiday Mass Schedule: 7-8-9-10.30-12.30-13-16-17-18
Only for information concerning the celebration of Sacraments:
Baptism of newborn babies, Confirmation of adults, Marriages
Parish Office: fax +39.06.698.85793
Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano, 4
Sacristy +39.06.69886433
Parish Office +39.06.69886433
Mass Times:
Daily Mass Schedule: 7-7.30-8-9-10-11-12-17.30
Sundays and Holiday Mass Schedule: 7-8-9-9.45-10.30-12-15.45 (solo nei Sabati in cui si celebra la Cresima - Luglio e Agosto sospesa)-17.30
Via Liberiana, 27
Sacristy +39.06.69886800 Fax +39.06.69886817
Parish Office - Via Carlo Alberto, 47 +39.06.4465836
Reception - Via Liberiana, 27 +39.06.69886821
Mass Times:
Sunday: 7-8-9-10-11-12-18
Monday-Saturday: 7-8-9-10-12-18
Via Ostiense, 186
Sacristy +39.06.45434185 (Weekdays 8:00-12:00/16:00-19:00)
Group reservations: Fax +39.06.45434185 or by E-MAIL
Pontifical Administration Papal Basilica Tel. +39.06.69880800 Fax +39.06.69880803
Benedictine Abbey of Saint Paul Outside the Walls Tel. +39.06.45435574
Via Ostiense, 186 (Mon.-Sat. 8.30-12.30/16.00-19.00)
OPENING HOURS
From Monday to Friday 8.30 am to 6.00 pm; Saturday: from 8.30 am to 1.00 pm;
Summer schedule (July 1 to August 31) 8.30 am -3 pm; Saturday: 8.30 am – 1.00 pm
Calendar [pdf]
PROCEDURES FOR ACCESS TO THE PHARMACY
The entrance is in Via di Porta Angelica through Porta S. Anna
ENTRY PERMIT
To enter, you must obtain and official entry permit with document (ID) or Passport and the prescription of the drug to buy.
FOR ORDERING DRUGS
To avoid unpleasant mistakes and delays on shipments of drugs, we ask you to follow these tasks and please do not request or call other offices for your orders.
Send a fax to +39 06 698 85426 (or email to: spedizioni.farmacia@scv.va):
The prescription specifying the amount, dosage and size.
Name and address where the order should be delivered
Telephone number, essential for the delivery
Email address
Please, make also allowance for the fact:
shipments shall be sent only to Italy
shipments of drugs not sold in Italy
After the request order has been submitted, the shipment procedure is started automatically - without further confirmations.
For successive orders, please attach the code number of customer’s name on the delivery note.
Payments can be make in any of these three modes:
Cash to the carrier when you receive your order
By bank draft made payable to “ Farmacia Vaticana” to be delivered to the carrier
By credit card Visa or Mastercard sending us the number, expiration date and security code.
Please let us know via fax the mode chosen.
The total amount must include the cost of the drug order and the forwarding charges cost.
If you need more information, call the Forwarding Office at + 3906 69882359.
Email spedizioni.farmacia@scv.va
Forwarding Office
Tel. +39 06 698 89806+ tasto 4
e-mail spedizioni.farmacia@scv.va
Fax +39 06 698 85426.
Drugs information
tel. + 39 06 69889806 + tasto 4
e-mail centralino.farmacia@scv.va
Fax + 39 06 69885361