In the few last hours, in some Italian and foreign websites, you may find some misleading information about Jack Andraka’s prize, in the Sciacca Award “Research and Development” section.
Original news article posted on Gloria.
1) The International “Giuseppe Sciacca” Award is a charity event organized by a voluntary-work association.
2) In the last years, the ceremony is held in the Great Hall of the Pontifical Urbaniana University, the at Janiculum, in an extraterritorial area.
3) The Vatican is not involved in the organization of the event, nor in the decisions about the awards’ conferring.
4) His Holiness, Pope Francis, did not speak at the ceremony and did not give any recognition.
5) Jack did not meet Pope Francis during his stay in Rome.
As above, it’s false what you can read in several online articles from the last few hours, stating that Jack Andraka was awarded “by the Vatican” or even “by Pope Francis”. Link This story was submitted by a friend of Gloria.tv.