Schwester Dometilla (75) bügelt Stoffstücke für eine Zeremonie im Petersdom im Vatikan am 2016. Oktober. Hunderte von Metern Stoff "erfordern Stunden der Arbeit und Geduld. Wir sind hier, um es zu tun", kommentierte Schwester Dometilla. Als die Uhr 12 anschlug, hörte die Nonne auf zu arbeiten, lange genug, um ihren Weg zum stoop zu machen, wo sie das Gebet des Angelus rezitierte. Jeden Tag zur gleichen Zeit, völlig entfernt von der Agitation der Außenwelt, kommt das Leben im Vatikan für die wenigen Momente zum Stillstand, die durch die Rezitation dieses Gebets zum Klang der Glocken erforderlich sind

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Sister Dometilla (75) irons pieces of fabric for a ceremony in Saint-Peter Basilica at the Vatican on October 2016. Hundreds of meters of fabric 'require hours of work and patience. We are here to do it', serenely commented Sister Dometilla. As the clock struck 12, the nun stopped working long enough to make her way to the stoop where she recited the prayer of the Angelus. Every day at the same time, completely removed from the agitation of the outside world, life in the Vatican comes to a complete halt for the few moments required by the recital of this prayer to the sound of the bells resounding in the St. Peter's clock tower. The Vatican is the planet's smallest State. Within this tiny political entity, the world's largest and most influential Church's executive powers affect the lives of at least one billion Catholics throughout the world. In fact, the Vatican is the only State in the world subservient to a religion. The pontifical palace, Swiss Guards, in-house newspaper, railroad station and hundreds of employees, executives, manual laborers and craftsmen, are all part of life in the Vatican, to which we have been invited for a special visit. Some 2, 000 employees cross over the Santa Anna gate each morning at around 7 am, the gateway guarded both by the Swiss Guards and the vigilenzia (Vatican police force). Not all of them work at the Vatican by vocation, but many admit that a deep personal connection to the Pope has motivated their choice of work. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM