Three Pontifical Universities Accept Italy’s ‘Green Pass’ Protocol| National Catholic Register

VATICAN CITY — As Italy steps up its COVID-19 protocols on the unvaccinated with a “Green Pass” certificate needed to access universities and other public places, some of Rome’s pontifical universities are following suit and imposing similar rules on their students and staff. From Sept. 1, the Italian government will require the pass — a certificate showing vaccination with at least one dose, a negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours or recent recovery from the virus — for all university staff and students in the country, as well as for schoolteachers and staff when the new academic year begins.  Since Aug. 6, the Green Pass — a QR code that can be registered on a smartphone app or on a piece of paper — has been mandatory to access certain venues such as museums, gyms, galleries and indoor restaurants. Customers and businesses that break the rules can face fines of 1,000 euros ($1,200), and businesses can be closed down for up to 10 days for repeated offenses.  So far, the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), the Pontifical Lateran University, and the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum have confirmed they will follow Italy’s lead, mandating the Green Pass for all staff and students. 

Three Pontifical Universities Accept Italy’s ‘Green Pass’ Protocol| National Catholic Register