• Look up vatican or Vatican in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vatican may refer to: Vatican City, an independent city-state in Rome, Italy Vatican Hill...
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    Vatican City (/ˈvætɪkənˈsɪti/ ), officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is a...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    head of state of the Papal States, and since 1929 of the much smaller Vatican City state. The reigning pope is Francis, who was elected on 13 March 2013...
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  • Vatican Hill Vatican Hill (/ˈvætɪkən/; Latin: Mons Vaticanus; Italian: Colle Vaticano) is a hill in Rome, located on the right bank (west side) of Tiber...
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    The Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani; Latin: Musea Vaticana) are the public museums of Vatican City, enclave of Rome. They display works from the...
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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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    The Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (Latin: Pontificia Commissio pro Civitate Vaticana, Italian: Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della...
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    The Vatican Apostolic Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Italian: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly known as the Vatican Library...
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    The Vatican Apostolic Archive (Latin: Archivum Apostolicum Vaticanum; Italian: Archivio Apostolico Vaticano), formerly known as the Vatican Secret Archive...
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    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...
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  • Vatican Council may refer to: First Vatican Council (1869–1870), the 20th ecumenical council recognized by Roman Catholicism Second Vatican Council (1962–1965)...
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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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    Swiss Guard (redirect from Vatican guard)
    protects the Pope and the Apostolic Palace within the territory of the Vatican City State. Established in 1506 under Pope Julius II, it is among the oldest...
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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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    A Vatican passport (Italian: passaporto vaticano) is a passport issued by the Holy See or by Vatican City State. The Holy See (see Legal status of the...
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  • Vatican is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is named after Vatican City with street names such...
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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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    Catholic Church (category Religious organizations based in Vatican City)
    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 city of Rome...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • Vatican Media, formerly Centro Televisivo Vaticano, is the Holy See's national broadcaster based in Vatican City which first aired in 1983. Created in...
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    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...
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  • The Vatican Affair (Italian: A qualsiasi prezzo) is a 1968 Italian crime-action-adventure film directed by Emilio Miraglia and starring Walter Pidgeon...
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    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...
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  • Slaughter in the Vatican is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Exhorder. It was released in 1990 through Roadrunner Records. It was reissued...
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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 Lumière brothers displayed their first film for an audience, the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Social Communications compiled a list called Some...
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