L'Osservatore Romano

L'Osservatore Romano
Unicuique suum - Non prevalebunt
TypeDaily in Italian
Weekly in other languages
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)The Holy See
EditorAndrea Monda
Founded1 July 1861 (163 years old)
Political alignmentRoman Catholic Church
HeadquartersVia del Pellegrino - 00120
Vatican City
ISSN0391-688X
Websiteosservatoreromano.va

L'Osservatore Romano (Italian: [losservaˈtoːre roˈmaːno]; English: "The Roman Observer") is the daily newspaper of Vatican City State which reports on the activities of the Holy See and events taking place in the Catholic Church and the world.[1][2] It is owned by the Holy See but is not an official publication, a role reserved for the Acta Apostolicae Sedis, which acts as a government gazette.[3][4][2] The views expressed in the Osservatore are those of individual authors unless they appear under the specific titles "Nostre Informazioni" or "Santa Sede".[5][6]

Available in nine languages, the paper prints two Latin mottos under the masthead of each edition: Unicuique suum ('To each his own') and Non praevalebunt ('[The gates of Hell] shall not prevail').[a] The current editor-in-chief is Andrea Monda.

  1. ^ Vatican City. "Osservatore Romano". Vatican City State. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b John Hooper, "Behind the scenes at the pope's newspaper" in The Guardian, 20 July 2009
  3. ^ "L'Osservatore Romano". Catholic World News. Trinity Publications. Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  4. ^ Burkle-Young, Francis A. (2000). Papal Elections in the Age of Transition, 1878-1922. Lexington Books. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-73910114-8.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bunson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference PLev was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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