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Anglican head challenges Vatican over women clergy...said on Thursday. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, whose own church is split over female priests and bishops, said the Vatican's ban on ordaining women was not as solidly grounded theologically as the core Christian doctrines... In this article: Anglicans, Rowan Williams, Vatican, Roman Catholics, Church of England, Pope Benedict, Rome, Archbishop of Canterbury, Episcopal Church in the United States, and Walter Kasper |
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USATODAY.com | 1 day ago
Vatican restores priceless golden cross reliquary
...has been restored to its Byzantine-era glory. By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Writer VATICAN CITY One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection - a 6th century reliquary containing what is revered as...
In this article: Rome, St. Peter, and All rights reserved
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Houston Chronicle | 1 day ago
Vatican restores long-sacred cross from 6th century
...with emeralds and sapphires - the two other gems most often associated with Byzantine emperors. Share VATICAN CITY - One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection - a 6th century reliquary containing what is revered...
In this article: Rome, Christianity, Saints Peter and Paul, and Easter
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Golden cross in Vatican's collection gets new look
VATICAN CITY (AP) - One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection - a 6th century reliquary containing what is revered as fragments of the cross on which Jesus was crucified - has been restored to its Byzantine-era...
In this article: Rome, Christianity, Saints Peter and Paul, and Easter
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Gem in Vatican's art collection gets new look
VATICAN CITY (AP) - One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection - a 6th century reliquary containing the purported fragments of the cross on which Jesus was crucified - has gotten a new look after being restored to...
In this article: Rome, Christianity, Saints Peter and Paul, and Easter
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Facebook, Wikipedia execs brief Vatican on Web
...John Paul II used mass media and information technology to get out his message, overseeing the 1995 launch of the Vatican's Web site, www.vatican.va, which today includes virtual tours of the Vatican Museums and audio feeds from Vatican Radio.
In this article: Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, Wikipedia, Facebook, Richard Williamson, Vatican Radio, Society of St. Pius X, and Pope John Paul II
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washingtonpost.com | November 10, 2009
Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life
...-- E.T. phone Rome. Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its...
In this article: Jose Gabriel Funes, God, Roman Catholic Church, University of Arizona, Rome, Vatican Observatory, and Big Bang theory
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Vatican on Anglicans: celibacy rule unchanged
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican on Monday confirmed that opening the door to married Anglican priests doesn't mean the Roman Catholic church is easing the requirement for celibacy for its clergy. The Holy See press office released rules...
In this article: Anglicans, Roman Catholic Church, Church of England, Rome, Holy Spirit, Henry VIII, and Pope Benedict XVI
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Vatican City /ˈvætɪkən ˈsɪti/, officially the State of the Vatican City (Stato della Città del Vaticano), is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, the capital city of Italy. At approximately 44 ha (0.44 km), and with a population of around 900, it is the smallest country in the world by both area and population. (This does not include micronations.)
Vatican City is a city-state that came into existence in 1929 and is thus distinct from the central authority of the Roman Catholic Church, known as the Holy See, which existed long before 1929. Ordinances of Vatican City are published in Italian; official documents of the Holy See are issued mainly in Latin. The two entities even have distinct passports: the Holy See, not being a country, only issues diplomatic and service passports; the state of Vatican City issues normal passports. In both cases the passports issued are very few.
The Lateran Treaty in 1929, which brought the city-state into existence, spoke of it as a new creation (Preamble and Article III), not as a vestige of the much larger Papal States (756-1870) that had previously encompassed central Italy. Most of this territory was absorbed into the Kingdom of Italy in 1860, and the final portion, namely the city of Rome with a small area close to it, ten years later, in 1870.
Vatican City is an ecclesiastical or sacerdotal-monarchical state, ruled by the bishop of Rome—the Pope. The highest state functionaries are all clergymen of the Roman Catholic Church. It is the sovereign territory of the Holy See (Sancta Sedes) and the location of the Pope's residence, referred to as the Apostolic Palace.
- Name:
- Vatican City
- Conventional Long Name:
- State of the Vatican City
- Local Name:
- Stato della Città del Vaticano
- Type:
- Cultural
- Capital:
- Vatican City
- Language:
- Italian and Latin
- Region:
- Europe
- Government type:
- sacerdotal-monarchical
- Founding Date:
- February 11, 1929
- Formations:
- Lateran Treaty
- Area:
- 0.17
- Time Zone:
- CET
- Currency:
- Euro (€)
- Currency (code):
- EUR
- Country Calling Code:
- +379
- ccTLD:
- .va
- Anthem:
- "Inno e Marcia Pontificale"
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