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vatican pronunciation /ˈvæt ɪ kən/ Show Spelled
Show IPA –noun 1.Also called Vatican Palace. the chief
residence of the popes in Vatican City, now also including a library,
archives, art museum, apartments, and administrative offices.2.
See: Vatican City#Military and police and List of countries
without armed forces
Relationship with the Vatican City and other territories
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Although the Holy See is closely associated with the Vatican City, the
See is not the same entity as the Vatican City State, which came into
existence only in 1929, while the Holy See, the episcopal see of Rome,
dates back to early Christian times.
Vatican City as the "capital" of the Holy See, although it compares
the legal personality of the Holy See to that of the Crown in
Christian monarchies and declares that the Holy See and the state of
Vatican City are two international identities.
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Capital
Vatican City
41°54.2′N 12°27.2′E / 41.9033°N 12.
Vatican City (Listeni /ˈvætɨkən ˈsɪti/) or Vatican City State, in
Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano (pronounced ), which translates as State of the
Vatican City, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory
consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy.
Vatican City was established in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty, signed by
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri, on behalf of the Holy See
and by Prime Minister Benito Mussolini on behalf of the Kingdom of
Italy.
Form of government The Vatican is a theocratic monarchy. The head of
state is the pope of Rome, the head of the Catholic Church.
Pacts, under which the Vatican state was established, its present
limits defined, and the Holy See was recognized as having full
international sovereignty.
The economy of the state is based on income from capital investments
and offerings.
The Vatican’s capital is
concentrated mainly in Italy. It has interests in various concerns for
the production of electricity, rubber, chemicals, and so forth.
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The Vatican Museums are dedicating an area in which films, images and
vintage equipment belonging to the Vatican Radio are being exhibited.
The Vatican Radio is eighty years old!
On 12 February 1931 the Papal radio station broadcasts for the first
time a speech in Latin by Pope Pius XI.
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of Rome in Italy, the Vatican is the world's smallest state. Outside
the Vatican City itself, 13 buildings in Rome and Castel Gandolfo, the
Pope's summer residence, also enjoy extraterritorial rights. On April
19, 2005, Josef Cardinal Ratzinger was elected as Pope Benedict XVI.
Roman neighborhoods of the Vaticano, Prati, and Monte Mario, this
small slice of the city is packed with more history and artwork than
most cities in the world.
state of Vatican City and granted Roman Catholicism special status in
Italy. On 11 February 1929, three treaties were signed with Italy
which, among other things, recognized the full sovereignty of the
Vatican and established its territorial extent.
* Christianity - Vatican: see of bishop of Rome; city-state serving
as headquarters of Roman Catholic Church
* Structures and Institutions - Vatican: Holy See of the pope;
city-state serving as headquarters of Roman Catholic Church
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Vatican, at Rome in classical times, an outlying district on the west
bank of the river Tiber on the Vatican hill, north-west of the ancient
city. (The hill was not one of the seven hills of Rome.
He appoints the members of the Vatican's government organs, which are
separate from those of the Holy See, the name given to the government
of the Roman Catholic Church. The many imposing buildings include St.
Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Palace, and the Vatican Museums.
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Top Home > Library > Miscellaneous
The Vatican Library contains a priceless
collection of manuscripts from the pre-Christian and Christian eras.
The pope and other representatives of the papal state travel widely to
maintain international relations.
For more information on Vatican City, visit Britannica.com.
origin of the name Vaticanus is uncertain; some claim that the
name comes from a vanished Etruscan town called Vaticum.
Research the word Vatican in many Latin - English / English -
Latin dictionaries, or encyclopedias, and you will likely find
that Vatican City and St.
Vatican was derived from the word vaticinia, or prophecies, in his
Attic Nights, book 16, chapter 17.
Source: The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius, translated into
English by the Rev.
Vatican prepares document on clergy-laity relationship
Sources denied an Italian report that the document will issue
instructions on the reorganization of U.S. dioceses that face
financial pressures in the wake of the sex abuse scandals - in
particular regarding parish closings.
Vatican report on child protection for UN to be ready in autumn
A United Nations-mandated report on compliance with international
obligations regarding the protection and rights of children will be
ready for submission this autumn, a Vatican diplomat said.
Vatican to launch web portal that streamlines print, TV, online news
Pope Benedict XVI himself will give a cyber spark of life to a new
Internet portal that gathers all Vatican news into one multimedia
website, officials from the Vatican's communications office announced.
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Cardinal Walter Kasper, Prefect of Vatican Council for Promoting
Christian Unity: “… today we no longer understand ecumenism in the
sense of a return, by which the others would ‘be converted’ and return
to being Catholics. This was expressly abandoned by Vatican II.” (Adista,
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At the foot of the Vatican Hill lay the ancient Basilica of St. Peter.
By extensive purchases of land the medieval popes acquired possession
of the whole hill, thus preparing the way for building activity.
Nicholas III began building on the Vatican Hill a palace of
extraordinary dimensions, which was completed by his immediate
successors. He also secured land for the Vatican Gardens.
The origin of the name Vaticanus is
uncertain; some claim that the name comes from a vanished Etruscan
town called Vaticum. This district did not belong to ancient Rome, nor
was it included within the city walls built by Emperor Aurelian.
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the Vatican → le Vatican
Vatican City n → cité f du Vatican
VAT man n (British) the VAT man inspecteur des impôts chargé du
contrôle de la TVA
VAT return n → formulaire m de déclaration de la TVA
Vaticann → Vatikan m; the Vatican Council → das Vatikanische Konzil;
Vatican roulette (hum inf) → Knaus-Ogino(-Methode) f
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Vatican n the Vatican → il Vaticano
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Vatican → الفاتيكان Vatikán Vatikanet Vatikan Βατικανό Vaticano
VaticanVatican - the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican
CityVatican PalaceCitta del Vaticano, Vatican City - the capital of
the State of the Vatican City
TranslationsVatican A. N the Vatican → el VaticanoB.
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Vatican City State was founded following the signing of the Lateran
Pacts between the Holy See and Italy on February 11th 1929. These were
ratified on June 7th 1929.
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