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Italian postal service sees surge in mail for Pope Francis, much sent from children

(19 Mar 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Fiumicino, Italy - 19 March 2025 1. Close of a letter sent to Pope Francis reading (Italian) “To Pope Francis. Santa Marta Square, Vatican City 2. Various of a letter sent from Ukraine 3. Low angle of Italian postal system’s (Poste Italiane) operator laying a letter in a yellow box 4. Close of a screen reading (Italian), “Vatican City” 5. Various of operator labelling the box and leaving it on the conveyor belt 6. Box going on the conveyor belt 7. Tracking shot of boxes as the conveyor belt runs 8. Various of the box containing Pope Francis’ letters being closed by a post office’s operator 9. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Antonello Chidichimo, director of the Poste Italiane sorting center in Fiumicino: “Since Pope Francis was admitted to Gemelli Hospital, we have recorded an increase in the volume of mail sent directly to the Vatican. Bear in mind that we usually receive about 100 kilos of products a day and at the moment we have reached peaks of up to 150. Of course, this center receives letters not only from Italy, but also from all over the world, so from abroad, and in particular we have recorded a significant increase from abroad and I can't rule out the fact that we often receive letters from children.” 10. Various of Italian postal system’s operator weighing the box with Pope Francis’ letters 11. Close of box’s label 12. Operator working in the area dedicated to the Vatican’s mail 13. Close of a letter sent from France to the Gemelli hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized 14. Pope Francis’ letters 15. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Antonello Chidichimo, director of the Poste Italiane sorting center in Fiumicino: “The nice thing we've been noticing lately is that the various messages that the Pope receives from young people, even children, instead of following what we would expect, that is, a technological approach, follow the letter. So they use the simplest and most - let me get this out - ancient methods.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Rome, Italy - 19 March 2025 16. Wide of Rome’s postal distribution center exterior 17. Various of operator sorting the mail addressed to “Major users” (large public offices or institutions in the area), including the Gemelli hospital 18. Various of operator holding Pope Francis’ letters and sorting them on the dedicated shelf 19. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Andrea Di Tommaso, head of the Poste Italiane distribution center Rome Belsito: “The letters arrive at our center in Rome Belsito from our sorting centers in Fiumicino and Rome Esquilino. Every morning at eight o'clock we have the mail that arrives at our collection center in the yellow boxes marked ‘Major users’, which indicates mail for large institutions or large public centers. One of these is the Gemelli Hospital. Inside the Gemelli hospital we find the mail of Pope Francis, who at this moment is unfortunately hospitalized due to his health condition.” 20. Operator changing the labels of the boxes to “Gemelli” and “Pope Francis” 21. Close of label reading (Italian), “Pope Francis” 22. Di Tommaso holding and looking at pope’s letters 23. Operator laying letters in the box for Pope Francis’ mail 24. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Andrea Di Tommaso, head of the Poste Italiane distribution center Rome Belsito: “The letters are sorted, divided by our operators and then authorized persons from the Gemelli Polyclinic come directly to the office to collect the mail and then sort it again within the Gemelli.” 25. Close of a drawing portraying Pope Francis with a sheep at the Gemelli hospital 26. Wide of John Paul II statue at the Gemelli hospital STORYLINE: Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...