Vatican City, Feb 27, 2008 / 15:11 pm
The Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano has reached an agreement with the Italian Diocese of Bergamo, giving the newspaper a major boost in circulation in the country.
L’Osservatore Romano’s new director, Giovanni Maria Vian, explained that thanks to the recent overhaul of the newspaper, it can now be found in bars and restaurants—places where it was impossible to find it before.
The Pope’s daily “truly deserves to be more and more known and distributed,” Vian said. To achieve this goal, Vian has secured a deal with one of the most important Catholic newspapers in Italy, the “Eco de Bergamo,” which has wide distribution throughout Italy.
Starting this Sunday, March 2, through the end of the year, the Sunday edition of the “Eco” will include the complete Sunday edition of L’Osservatore Romano, which will be printed outside the Vatican for the first time since 1929.