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Berlusconi allies work to patch up church ties...his planned participation in a centuries-old Catholic pardon-seeking ceremony in the earthquake-struck town of L'Aquila, after the Vatican called off his dinner there with Pope Benedict XVI's top aide, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, Allegation, Vatican, Umberto Bossi, Catholic church, Avvenire, Northern League, L'Osservatore Romano, and Freedom People |
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San Diego Union-Tribune | August 28, 2009
Berlusconi nixes religious observance for sins
...nixes religious observance for sins VATICAN CITY Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi who is embroiled in a sex scandal has canceled a visit to L'Aquila for a religious service for the remission of sins. Berlusconi was supposed to have...
In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, Tarcisio Bertone, and L'Aquila
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | August 28, 2009
Vatican cancels dinner with Silvio Berlusconi
...XVI, and then attend a dinner with him. But less than three hours before the events were due to take place, and despite weeks of planning, the Vatican announced that it was cancelling them. Mr Berlusconi's office then said he would not...
In this article: Silvio Berlusconi, Vatican, Catholic Church, L'Aquila, Tarcisio Bertone, Mara Carfagna, and Pope Benedict XVI
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USATODAY.com | July 10, 2009
Obama arrives at Vatican to visit pope
Obama arrives at Vatican to visit pope President Obama met with the pope on Friday at the Vatican after wrapping up his participation in the Group of Eight world leaders' summit in L'Aquila, Italy. L'AQUILA, Italy (AP) President Obama has...
In this article: Barack Obama, Vatican, Ghana, Catholic Church, Italy, L'Aquila, White House, and Africa
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Obama meets pope, says U.N., G-8 must tackle problems faster
...says U.N., G-8 must tackle problems faster President Obama and Michelle Obama, the first lady, meet Friday with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican before their departure for Ghana in west Africa. L'AQUILA, Italy President Obama sat down with...
In this article: Michelle Obama, United Nations, Ghana, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, Iran, Democracy, John Atta Mills, and Rwandan Genocide
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boston.com - Latest news | July 10, 2009
Obama and pope to hold their first meeting
...call yet for a Palestinian state. Obama will first hold a brief meeting with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican's secretary of state, before his audience with Benedict in the pope's study. Vatican officials said Michelle Obama and...
In this article: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Pope Benedict XVI, Notre Dame, Catholic social teaching, Robert Gibbs, and St. Peter
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BBC News | July 10, 2009
Obama holds first talks with Pope
...was a "great honour" to meet him. The US president arrived at the Vatican from the summit in the Italian city of L'Aquila, and told the Pope as he greeted him that the meeting had been "very productive". 'Friendly tone' Earlier this week...
In this article: Barack Obama, Vatican, Robert Gibbs, US, Climate change, John Neumann, and Pope Benedict XVI
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Reuters | July 10, 2009
Pope, Obama meet
...the U.S. president's attendance at the summit of G8 leaders in L'Aquila. U.S. President Barack Obama had his first meeting with Pope Benedict at the Vatican on Friday. Obama arrived at the Vatican under tight security from the central city of...
In this article: Barack Obama, Vatican, Pope Benedict, Thomson Reuters, Michelle Obama, L'Aquila, United States, Small business, Pontiff, and St Peter
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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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