At 11.00 this morning in the Holy See Press Office, Via della Conciliazione 54, a press conference was held to present Athletica Vaticana, the first Sports Association constituted in the Vatican, and the Bilateral Agreement with the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI).

The speakers were: His Eminence Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture; Giovanni Malagò, president of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) and member of the International Olympic Committee (ICO); Luca Pancalli, president of the Italian Paralympic Committee (IPC); Msgr. Melchor José Sánchez de Toca y Alameda, under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture and president of Athletica Vaticana, and Michela Ciprietti, representative of Athletica Vaticana.