• The Vatican Information Service (VIS) is an official, free news service of the Holy See Press Office, founded in 1991 in the Vatican City during the pontificate...
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  • 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...
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    Gendarmerie of Vatican City) Tourist Information Office Department of Museums and Galleries (Vatican Museums) Department of Economic Services Department of...
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    flag of Vatican City was adopted in 1929, the year Pope Pius XI signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy, creating the new independent state of Vatican City...
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    issues personal, diplomatic and service passports. Of the approximately 800 residents of Vatican City, over 450 have Vatican citizenship. These include the...
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    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...
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    worldwide Catholic Church and sovereignty over the city-state known as the Vatican City. As the supreme body of government of the Catholic Church, the Holy...
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  • for Vatican City State". Vatican Information Service. 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2013-07-15.[permanent dead link] Babington, Deepa (2008-12-31). "Vatican ends...
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  • Vatican Radio (Italian: Radio Vaticana; Latin: Statio Radiophonica Vaticana) is the official broadcasting service of Vatican City. Established in 1931...
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    Vatican City (/ˈvætɪkən/ ), officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is a landlocked...
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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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  • 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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    The coat of arms of Vatican City is the coat of arms of adopted by Vatican City's Fundamental Law on 7 June 1929; this coat of arms is defined by law as...
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    (PDF). International Telecommunication Union. p. 5. Retrieved 7 May 2017. "Vatican Telephone Service". Vatican City. Retrieved 7 May 2017. v t e v t e...
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    Swiss Guard (redirect from Vatican guard)
    loyal service". Catholic News Service. 7 May 2009. "Wives of Swiss Guards: work schedules, kids, and school buses create adventure in the Vatican". Rome...
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    abbreviated IOR), commonly known as the Vatican Bank, is a financial institution that is situated inside Vatican City and run by a Board of Superintendence...
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    Italian: Casa 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • The Vatican leaks scandal, also known as Vati-Leaks, is a scandal beginning in 2012 initially involving leaked Vatican documents, exposing corruption;...
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  • Financial Information Authority (Autorità di Supervisione e Informazione Finanziaria, or ASIF) is the central institution in the Holy See and Vatican City...
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  • the Holy See". Vatican Information Service. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014. John L. Allen Jr. (9 July 2014). "After scandals, Vatican aims to be model...
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  • recognizes besides Taiwan (ROC). The term "Vatican Diplomatic Corps", by contrast with the diplomatic service of the Holy See, properly refers to all those...
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    2010. "The Pope Consecrates The Church of the Sagrada Familia". Vatican Information Service. 7 November 2010. Archived from the original on 4 August 2010...
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  • Museum Vatican Information Service Vatican leaks scandal Vatican Library Vatican lira Vatican Museums Vatican Necropolis Vatican Observatory Vatican Pharmacy...
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    of nuns of an enclosed religious order inside Vatican City, who were to pray for the pope in his service to the Catholic Church. This task was first entrusted...
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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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    Italian parliament ratified them on 7 June 1929. The treaty recognised Vatican City as an independent state under the sovereignty of the Holy See. The...
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    The Vatican Railway (Italian: Ferrovia Vaticana) was opened in 1934 to serve Vatican City and its only station, Vatican City (Città del Vaticano [tʃitˈta...
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    focusoncampus, CHURCH. Retrieved 23 September 2017. What is a saint? Vatican Information Service, archived from the original on 13 October 1999 "Catechism of...
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