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The Vatican is a sovereign city-state located within the city of Rome. It is the world's smaller country, the center of the Catholic faith and the residence of The Pope since the 14th Century.
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Fast Facts
- Independence from Italy: February 11, 1929
- Sovereign: Pope Benedict XVI
- Area: 0.17 sq mi; 110 acres (smallest in the world)
- Currency: Euro
- Population: roughly 800
- Military: The Swiss Guard (around 100 soldiers)
- Government: Theocratic Monarchy
- "Capital" of the Catholic Church
- In 2009 the Vatican announced the number of new priests was on the riseUSA Today: Vatican: After decline, number of priests rises slowly (February 28, 2009)
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Landmarks
- Saint Peters Basilica—According to tradition, the burial site of Saint Peter; built over 100 years, between the 16th and 17th centuries; holds over 60,000 worshipers.
- Sistine Chapel—Famous for Michelangelo fresco, God Creates Adam.
- Saint Peters Square
- Papal Palace
- Vatican Pinacoteca (art gallery)
- Vatican Library
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On YouTube
The Vatican announced in January 2009 that they would be launching their own YouTube channel, a move many saw as a large step towards the modernization of the Catholic sovereign-city into new media resources. Details of The Vatican's involvement with YouTube were announced in a press conference on January 23, 2009. The Vatican will serve as a digital communication for the papacy and will use the YouTube username vaticanit. Pope Benedict XVI praised social media as a "gift to humanity" during the press conference.The Associated Press: Vatican launches Pope YouTube channel -
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Now, plucked from the relative obscurity of central Minnesota to be President Obama's envoy to the Vatican, the St. John's University theologian finds ...Minneapolis Star Tribune (November 09, 2009) -
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L'Osservatore Romano is reporting that Goldman Sachs is indeed Doing God's work, and His Former Holiness Joseph Ratzinger has confirmed the unsolicited ...Huffington Post (blog) (November 09, 2009) -
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The evidence indicates that the Bishops-and the Vatican itself-are calling the shots behind the scene. In fact, as many media organizations are now ...Right Side News (November 09, 2009) -
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We reported a couple months ago that Lionsgate was going to develop a new supernatural exorcism film called The Vatican Tapes. The movie is based on a tape ...GeekTyrant (blog) (November 09, 2009)
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This week the Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences is holding its first major conference on astrobiology, convened on private Vatican grounds in the elegant Casina Pio IV, formerly the pope's villa. The gathering of prominent ...dailygalaxy.com (November 08, 2009) -
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The Vatican has released the full text of an apostolic constitution in which Pope Benedict XVI makes provision for Anglicans seeking corporate union with the Catholic Church. The text, entitled Anglicanorum Coetibus, explains and ...catholicculture.org (November 09, 2009) -
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The Vatican's new Apostolic Constitution, Anglicanorum Coetibus, has now been released (it may be seen by clicking the title to this post). And for those Anglicans who have longed for immediate, full, visible union with the See of Rome ...texanglican.blogspot.com (November 09, 2009)
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[...] was (and your site looks soooo much better)? These were immediate responses, by knowledgeable hobbyists.In 1978 the Vatican permitted US scientists to analyze the shroud. This Scientific analysis was called STURP (Shroud of TUrin Research Project). One [...]geogeer | http://digg.com/ Original | Permalink (November 10, 2009 06:54 AM) -
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[...] wondering if you would give your opinion on it. This is the link:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1028888/Vatican-plea-uncover-Virgin-Mary-breast-feeding-baby-Jesus.html#Another website gives many examples of what the first article is referring to [...]Lauretta | http://maryvictrix.wordpress.com/ Original | Permalink (November 10, 2009 05:56 AM) -
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Yes, Pastor Weedon, I do think there was a definite "tone" in some of the pre-Vatican II publications that tended to over-emphasise sin.I have one book here, called the Manual of the Catholic Church which is nearly 100 years old and was published [...]Louise | http://scecclesia.wordpress.com/ Original | Permalink (November 10, 2009 05:44 AM) -
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