The Vatican has released a medal, designed by Michele Celeste, for the eleventh year of the present pontificate. 30 gold medals, 1,500 silver medals, and 3,000 bronze medals, as well as 30 in triptych format, have been minted.
The verso (back) of the medal features a Chi Rho monogram made of olive branches, along with a dove holding an olive branch. The image thus depicts “the Peace and Faith that God is able to give to all peoples,” the Vatican newspaper noted.
Around the image are the words “simul inveniendae sunt pacis semitae”: “together, the paths of peace ought to be discovered.”