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    Alice P. Lennon Telescope and its Thomas J. Bannan Astrophysics Facility, known together as the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT), is a Gregorian...
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    organizations. The first two telescopes, the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope and the Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope began operation in 1993....
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    Catholic Church and science § Vatican Observatory Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope List of astronomical observatories...
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    head of state of the Papal States, and since 1929 of the much smaller Vatican City state. From a Catholic viewpoint, the primacy of the bishop of Rome...
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    The flag of Vatican City is the national flag of Vatican City. It was adopted in 1929, the year Pope Pius XI signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy, creating...
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  • Allen Telescope Array are all radio telescopes employing off-axis Gregorian optics. The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, the Magellan telescopes, and...
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  • The politics of Vatican City take place in a framework of a theocratic absolute elective monarchy, in which the Pope, religiously speaking, the leader...
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    The Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (Latin: Pontificia Commissio pro Civitate Vaticana, Italian: Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della...
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    coat of arms of Vatican City is the coat of arms used by Vatican City, which was originally adopted by the Fundamental Law of Vatican City State on 7...
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    several large modern telescopes that use a Gregorian configuration such as the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, the Magellan telescopes, the Large Binocular...
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  • A prisoner in the Vatican (Italian: Prigioniero nel Vaticano; Latin: Captivus Vaticani) or prisoner of the Vatican described the situation of the pope...
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    di Sua Santità), also known as the Cardinal Secretary of State or the Vatican Secretary of State, presides over the Secretariat of State of the Holy...
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    The economy of Vatican City is mainly supported financially by the sale of stamps, coins, medals, and tourist mementos as well as fees for admission to...
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  • The Vatican City State, formed in 1929, is the heir of the Papal States, which ceased to exist in 1870. Unlike those, the Vatican does not have a military...
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    Basilica of St Anthony at Padua, Province of Padua. The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, Graham County, Arizona, US. The Fundamental Accord, signed...
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  • Economic Area, the Vatican City maintains an open border with Italy and is treated as part of the Schengen Area. Since the Vatican City is only accessible...
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    Crime in the Vatican City consists largely of purse snatching, pick-pocketing and shoplifting perpetrated by tourists upon other tourists. The tourist...
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    the University of Arizona and the establishment of the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope in Arizona. The Observatory remains active in astronomical...
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    Apostolic See, is the central governing body of the Catholic Church and Vatican City. It encompasses the office of the pope as the bishop of the apostolic...
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    Casa di Santa Marta) is a building adjacent to St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Completed in 1996, during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, it...
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    5%) – OSU Mount Graham Submillimeter Telescope Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope Extremely large telescope List of astronomical interferometers at...
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    Conclaves are now held in the Sistine Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. From the Apostolic Age until 1059, the pope, like other bishops,...
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  • The law of Vatican City State consists of many forms, the most important of which is the canon law of the Catholic Church. The organs of state are governed...
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    the University of Arizona and the infrared and optical Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope in Arizona, and to astronomical education and "popular science"...
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  • Law of Vatican City State (Italian: Legge Fondamentale dello Stato della Città del Vaticano) is the main governing legal document of the Vatican's civil...
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  • Curia, implementing the desire expressed by the bishops in the Second Vatican Council. This gave a new face to the Secretariat of State, suppressing...
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    A Vatican passport (Italian: passaporto vaticano) is a passport issued by the Holy See or by Vatican City State. The Holy See issues diplomatic and service...
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    Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Vatican City. The main Tourism in Vatican City are focused in religious tourism and city tourism, including the visit...
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    the next 59 years, the pope confined himself to Vatican City and claimed to be a prisoner in the Vatican to avoid the appearance of accepting the authority...
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    on Rome of Italian nationalism. Beginning in December 1869, the First Vatican Council was held in the city. Some historians[who?] have argued that its...
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