User:Jergen/workshop/Scouting in Vatican City

Vatican City is one of 35 countries where there is no National Scout Organization that is a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement or WAGGGS at the present time.

Since Vatican citizenship is only conferred upon members of the clergy (who are celibate) or those who have been appointed to work at the Vatican and their families, and it is usually revoked upon the termination of their employment, there are few children in Vatican City, thus it is unlikely any Scout unit will ever be started.

In 1986 Pope John Paul II was given the Wood Badge insignia as an honorary Associazione Guide e Scout Cattolici Italiani (AGESCI) leader.

The Pope, as Bishop of Rome, is required to approve the appointment of chaplains for all AGESCI Scout groups in Rome, and for all Scout districts of Rome (even though this is usually delegated to the Vicar Cardinal). He regularly meets most Catholic Scout groups in Rome as he visits Roman parishes.