Security at the Vatican remains
"very high" Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said
Tuesday after bilateral talks with the Holy See including
discussion of security.
The security level "was already very high indeed, and it
remains so," Alfano told reporters as he left the Italian
Embassy to the Holy See where the talks were held.
The Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin
suggested there were no serious concerns despite threats issued
frequently by Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists.
"Minister Alfano told us that there are no specific threats
regarding the Vatican," said Parolin.
"Certainly, there is a media war on the part of ISIS,"
Parolin added.
"However, this does not mean that one must not be careful,
vigilant, without falling into alarmism".
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