The Vatican has expressed gratitude for aid that it received from China to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a statement released on Holy Thursday, Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See Press Office, said the Red Cross Society and the Hebei Jinde Foundation have donated supplies to the Vatican Pharmacy.
Bruni described the gesture as "an expression of the solidarity of the Chinese people and the Catholic communities" to those affected by the pandemic.
"The Holy See appreciates the generous gesture and expresses its gratitude to the bishops, the Catholic faithful, the institutions and all the other Chinese citizens for this humanitarian initiative," read the statment.
Part of the aid was sent through the Vatican Pharmacy to the Department of Health and Hygiene of the Diocese of Rome.
Other aid, with large quantities of the same equipment, was sent to the Diocese of Macerata, the Agostino Gemelli polyclinic, and the National Alpine Association’s field hospital.
The first shipment of medical equipment arrived in Italy two weeks ago and was taken over and redistributed by Caritas Ambrosiana throughout the archdiocese of Milan and the Lombardy region, which is at the epicenter of the pandemic in Italy. - Vatican News
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