Look up vatican or Vatican in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vatican may refer to: Vatican City, an independent city-state in Rome, Italy Ager Vaticanus...

Vatican City (/ˈvætɪkən/ ), officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is a landlocked...

The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II, was the 21st and most recent ecumenical council...

Apostolic See, is the central governing body of the Catholic Church and the Vatican City State. It encompasses the office of the pope as the bishop of the...

head of state of the Papal States, and since 1929, of the much smaller Vatican City State. The current pope is Francis, who was elected on 13 March 2013...

The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica...

Vatican Hill Vatican Hill (/ˈvætɪkən/; Latin: Mons Vaticanus; Italian: Colle Vaticano) is a hill in Rome, located on the right bank of Tiber river, opposite...

The flag of Vatican City, also referred to as the flag of the Holy See, was adopted in 1929, the year Pope Pius XI signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy...

The Vatican Railway (Italian: Ferrovia Vaticana) was opened in 1934 to serve Vatican City and its only station, Vatican City (Città del Vaticano [tʃitˈta...

The Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (Latin: Pontificia Commissio pro Civitate Vaticana, Italian: Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della...

The Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani; Latin: Musea Vaticana) are the public museums of Vatican City, enclave of Rome. They display works from the...

17 December 1936) is head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus...

The Vatican Apostolic Archive (Latin: Archivum Apostolicum Vaticanum; Italian: Archivio Apostolico Vaticano), formerly known as the Vatican Secret Archive...

A Vatican passport (Italian: passaporto vaticano) is a passport issued by the Holy See or by Vatican City State. The state can issue normal passports for...

Vatican Council may refer to: First Vatican Council (1869–1870), the 20th ecumenical council recognized by Roman Catholicism Second Vatican Council (1962–1965)...

The Vatican City State is a neutral nation, which has not engaged in any war since its formation in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty. It has no formal military...

The Vatican Apostolic Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Italian: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly known as the Vatican Library...

12°27′9″E / 41.90278°N 12.45250°E / 41.90278; 12.45250 The geography of Vatican City is unique due to the country's position as an urban, landlocked enclave...

The First Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the First Vatican Council or Vatican I, was the 20th ecumenical council of the Catholic...

protects the Pope and the Apostolic Palace within the territory of the Vatican City State. Established in 1506 under Pope Julius II, the Pontifical Swiss...

The Vatican Grottoes are a series of underground chambers and chapels located under part of the nave of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. They are...

The Vatican Affair (Italian: A qualsiasi prezzo) is a 1968 Italian crime-action-adventure film directed by Emilio Miraglia and starring Walter Pidgeon...

administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small independent city-state and enclave within the Italian capital...

Vatican News is the official news portal of the Vatican and the Holy See, serving as a source of information about the activities, pronouncements, and...

Vatican Nitez is an album by Global Goon released on Rephlex Records. "Business Man" – 3:28 "Jerky Dharma" – 3:47 "On The 73" – 4:54 "Kreem Ballet" –...

Vatican is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is named after Vatican City with street names such...

under the control of the Vatican Amateur Sports Association, headquartered in the Vatican's Cortile di San Damaso. The Vatican City football association...

The politics of Vatican City take place in a framework of a theocratic absolute elective monarchy, in which the Pope, religiously speaking, the leader...

In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy (French: Sodoma: Enquête au cœur du Vatican) is a book by Frédéric Martel, which was published...

The Vatican leaks scandal, also known as Vatileaks and Vati-Leaks, is a scandal beginning in 2012 initially involving leaked Vatican documents, exposing...