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Vatican City, a city-state surrounded by Rome, Italy, is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. It's home to the Pope and a trove of iconic art and a...
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Mar 11, 2024 · Contemporary Vatican City: • Popes of the 21st Century: The Vatican City continues to be the spiritual and administrative center of the Catholic Church. The papacy of Pope Francis, who...
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Apr 1, 2016 · Rome, the Eternal City, is home to Vatican City, the 109-acre city-state run by the Catholic Church and the seat of Roman Catholicism. At St. Peter’s Basilica—or St. Peter’s Square if the ...
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Dec 23, 2021 · Introduction. Background. Popes in their secular role ruled portions of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid-19th century, when many of the Papal States were seized by the newly united Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the pope's holdings were further circumscribed when Rome itself was annexed.
Aug 8, 2023 · On Monday, 7 August, the President of Vietnam, Vo Van Thuong, met with the country's Bishops' Conference at its headquarters in Ho Chi Minh City. The visit came in the wake of his audience with Pope Francis in the Vatican and of the signing of the landmark Agreement on the Status of the Resident Papal Representative and the Office of the ...