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class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/138px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="138" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/207px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/276px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Vatican_City" title="Flag of Vatican City">Flag of Vatican City</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:125px;max-width:125px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Location_Vatican_City_Europe.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Location_Vatican_City_Europe.png/220px-Location_Vatican_City_Europe.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Location_Vatican_City_Europe.png/330px-Location_Vatican_City_Europe.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Location_Vatican_City_Europe.png/440px-Location_Vatican_City_Europe.png 2x" data-file-width="2056" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption>The location of <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a> within Europe.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Vatican_City.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Map_of_Vatican_City.jpg/220px-Map_of_Vatican_City.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Map_of_Vatican_City.jpg/330px-Map_of_Vatican_City.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Map_of_Vatican_City.jpg/440px-Map_of_Vatican_City.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2528" data-file-height="1945" /></a><figcaption>An enlargeable map of <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican City State">Vatican City State</a>, including extraterritorial properties of the Holy See bordering Vatican City.</figcaption></figure> <p>The following <a href="/wiki/Outline_(list)" title="Outline (list)">outline</a> is provided as an overview of and introduction to Vatican City: </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a></b> – an <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiology" title="Ecclesiology">ecclesiastical</a> or <a href="/wiki/Sacerdotal_state" title="Sacerdotal state">sacerdotal</a>-<a href="/wiki/Monarchy" title="Monarchy">monarchical</a><sup id="cite_ref-pages_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pages-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> state, being the sovereign territory of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a> and ruled by the Bishop of <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Rome" title="Diocese of Rome">Rome</a>—the Pope, the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church. The territory of this <a href="/wiki/Landlocked_country" title="Landlocked country">landlocked</a> <a href="/wiki/Sovereignty" title="Sovereignty">sovereign</a> <a href="/wiki/City-state" title="City-state">city-state</a> consists of a walled <a href="/wiki/Enclave_and_exclave" title="Enclave and exclave">enclave</a> within the city of <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>. It has an area of approximately 49 hectares (121 acres)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a population of about 825.<sup id="cite_ref-population_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-population-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This makes Vatican City the smallest independent state in the world by both area and population. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-2"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="General_reference">General reference</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: General reference"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vatican_City_view_from_Castel_Sant%27Angelo.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Vatican_City_view_from_Castel_Sant%27Angelo.JPG/220px-Vatican_City_view_from_Castel_Sant%27Angelo.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Vatican_City_view_from_Castel_Sant%27Angelo.JPG/330px-Vatican_City_view_from_Castel_Sant%27Angelo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Vatican_City_view_from_Castel_Sant%27Angelo.JPG/440px-Vatican_City_view_from_Castel_Sant%27Angelo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>View of Vatican City from the <a href="/wiki/Castel_Sant%27Angelo" title="Castel Sant'Angelo">Castel Sant'Angelo</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Pronunciation: <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'v' in 'vie'">v</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span></span>/</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement 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href="/wiki/File:En-us-Vatican_City.ogg" title="File:En-us-Vatican City.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></span></li> <li>Common English country name: <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a></li> <li>Official English country name: <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican City State">Vatican City State</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Common <a href="/wiki/Endonym" class="mw-redirect" title="Endonym">endonym</a>(s): <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_capitals_in_native_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries and capitals in native languages">Vatican City State</a></li> <li>Official endonym(s): <a href="/wiki/List_of_official_endonyms_of_present-day_nations_and_states" class="mw-redirect" title="List of official endonyms of present-day nations and states">Stato della Città del Vaticano</a> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="it-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Italian" title="Help:IPA/Italian">[ˈstaːto<span class="wrap"> </span>della<span class="wrap"> </span>tʃitˈta<span class="wrap"> </span>ddel<span class="wrap"> </span>vatiˈkaːno]</a></span>),<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_adjectival_and_demonymic_forms_of_place_names#Countries_and_nations" title="List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names">Adjectival</a>(s): Vatican</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_adjectival_and_demonymic_forms_of_place_names#Countries_and_nations" title="List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names">Demonym</a>(s): Citizen of Vatican City<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etymology" title="Etymology">Etymology</a>: See <a href="/wiki/Vatican_Hill" title="Vatican Hill">Vatican Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISO_country_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="ISO country codes">ISO country codes</a>: VA, VAT, 336</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISO_region_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="ISO region codes">ISO region codes</a>: <i>none</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> <a href="/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain" title="Country code top-level domain">country code top-level domain</a>: <a href="/wiki/.va" title=".va">.va</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_of_Vatican_City">Geography of Vatican City</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography of Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Holy_See_(Vatican_City)-CIA_WFB_Map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Holy_See_%28Vatican_City%29-CIA_WFB_Map.png/220px-Holy_See_%28Vatican_City%29-CIA_WFB_Map.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Holy_See_%28Vatican_City%29-CIA_WFB_Map.png 1.5x" data-file-width="330" data-file-height="355" /></a><figcaption>An enlargeable map of <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Vatican_City" title="Geography of Vatican City">Geography of Vatican City</a> </p> <ul><li>Vatican City is: <ul><li>A walled <a href="/wiki/Enclave" class="mw-redirect" title="Enclave">enclave</a> within the city of <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Sovereignty" title="Sovereignty">sovereign</a> <a href="/wiki/City-state" title="City-state">city-state</a></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/European_microstate" class="mw-redirect" title="European microstate">European microstate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Land boundaries: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> 3.2 km</li> <li>Coastline: <i>none</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Population_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Population of Vatican City">Population</a>: 825 (2019) - <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population" title="List of countries and dependencies by population">240th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Area_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Area of Vatican City">Size</a>: 0.49 square kilometres (0.19 sq mi) - <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">258th</a></li> <li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_Vatican_City" class="extiw" title="commons:Atlas of Vatican City">Atlas of Vatican City</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Location_of_Vatican_City">Location of Vatican City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Location of Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Vatican City is situated within the following regions: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Hemisphere" title="Eastern Hemisphere">Eastern Hemisphere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" title="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eurasia" title="Eurasia">Eurasia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Europe" title="Southern Europe">Southern Europe</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Peninsula">Italian Peninsula</a> <ul><li>Surrounded by <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> <ul><li>Surrounded by <a href="/wiki/Lazio" title="Lazio">Lazio</a> <ul><li>Surrounded by <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a>: <a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">Central European Time</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+01">UTC+01</a>), <a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">Central European Summer Time</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B02" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+02">UTC+02</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Extreme points of Vatican City">Extreme points of Vatican City</a> <ul><li>High: unnamed location 75 m (246 ft)</li> <li>Low: <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter%27s_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Peter's Square">Saint Peter's Square</a> 33 m (108 ft)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment_of_Vatican_City">Environment of Vatican City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Environment of Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vaticane_mura_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Vaticane_mura_2.jpg/220px-Vaticane_mura_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Vaticane_mura_2.jpg/330px-Vaticane_mura_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Vaticane_mura_2.jpg/440px-Vaticane_mura_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption>A section of the wall in Vatican City, from the outside, behind the <a href="/wiki/Vatican_Gardens" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican Gardens">Vatican Gardens</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Vatican City">Climate of Vatican City</a></li> <li>Ecoregions in Vatican City: none</li> <li>Protected areas of Vatican City: none</li></ul> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:808px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vatikanische_Gaerten_Museen_Rom.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View of the Vatican Gardens from the dome of St. Peter's Basilica. (The Vatican Museums can be seen to the right)."><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Vatikanische_Gaerten_Museen_Rom.jpg/800px-Vatikanische_Gaerten_Museen_Rom.jpg" decoding="async" width="800" height="393" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Vatikanische_Gaerten_Museen_Rom.jpg/1200px-Vatikanische_Gaerten_Museen_Rom.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Vatikanische_Gaerten_Museen_Rom.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="786" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Vatikanische_Gaerten_Museen_Rom.jpg" title="File:Vatikanische Gaerten Museen Rom.jpg"> </a></div>View of the <a href="/wiki/Vatican_Gardens" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican Gardens">Vatican Gardens</a> from the dome of <a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica" title="St. Peter's Basilica">St. Peter's Basilica</a>. (The <a href="/wiki/Vatican_Museums" title="Vatican Museums">Vatican Museums</a> can be seen to the right).</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Natural_geographic_features_of_Vatican_City">Natural geographic features of Vatican City</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Natural geographic features of Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vatican City is an <a href="/wiki/Enclave" class="mw-redirect" title="Enclave">enclave</a> in an <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">urban area</a>, and lacks the geographic features common to (much larger) countries: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake" title="Lake">Lakes</a>: none</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountains">Mountains</a>: none</li> <li><a href="/wiki/River" title="River">Rivers</a>: none</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valley" title="Valley">Valleys</a>: none</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Vatican City">World Heritage Sites in Vatican City</a>: Vatican City is itself a World Heritage Site</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regions_of_Vatican_City">Regions of Vatican City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Regions of Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>None</li> <li>Vatican City is inside Rome, which in turn lies within the <a href="/wiki/Lazio" title="Lazio">Lazio</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></li> <li>Vatican City lies next to the <a href="/wiki/Borgo_(rione_of_Rome)" title="Borgo (rione of Rome)">Borgo district</a> in Rome.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ecoregions_of_Vatican_City">Ecoregions of Vatican City</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ecoregions of Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>None</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Administrative_divisions_of_Vatican_City">Administrative divisions of Vatican City</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions of Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Vatican City has no <a href="/wiki/Administrative_division" title="Administrative division">administrative divisions</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demography_of_Vatican_City">Demography of Vatican City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Demography of Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Vatican_City" title="Demographics of Vatican City">Demographics of Vatican City</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics_of_Vatican_City">Government and politics of Vatican City</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Government and politics of Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Vatican_City" title="Politics of Vatican City">Politics of Vatican City</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Form_of_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Form of government">Form of government</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical" title="Ecclesiastical">Ecclesiastical</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sacerdotal" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacerdotal">sacerdotal</a>-<a href="/wiki/Monarchical" class="mw-redirect" title="Monarchical">monarchical</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-pages_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pages-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Absolute_monarchy" title="Absolute monarchy">absolute monarchy</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Elective_monarchy" title="Elective monarchy">elective monarchy</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> elective <a href="/wiki/Theocracy" title="Theocracy">theocracy</a> (disputed application).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital (political)">Capital</a>: <a href="/wiki/Capital_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital of Vatican City">Vatican City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Vatican_Lay_Workers" title="Association of Vatican Lay Workers">Association of Vatican Lay Workers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Elections in Vatican City">Elections in Vatican City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="List of political parties in Vatican City">Political parties in Vatican City</a>: none. Vatican City is in the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>, which has absolute authority over it.</li> <li>Political scandals of Vatican City <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banco_Ambrosiano" title="Banco Ambrosiano">Banco Ambrosiano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_in_the_Vatican" title="Gone with the Wind in the Vatican">Gone with the Wind in the Vatican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Question" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Question">Roman Question</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Apostolic_Archive" title="Vatican Apostolic Archive">Vatican Apostolic Archive</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Branches_of_the_government_of_Vatican_City">Branches of the government of Vatican City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Branches of the government of Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roma-villa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Roma-villa.jpg/220px-Roma-villa.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Roma-villa.jpg/330px-Roma-villa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Roma-villa.jpg/440px-Roma-villa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1002" /></a><figcaption>Palace of the Governatorate, Vatican City.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Vatican City">Government of Vatican City</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Executive_branch_of_the_government_of_Vatican_City">Executive branch of the government of Vatican City</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Executive branch of the government of Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">Head of state</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a>, currently <i>Jorge Mario Bergoglio</i> as <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">Head of government</a>: <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Governatorate_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Governatorate of Vatican City">President of the Governatorate of Vatican City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Bertello" title="Giuseppe Bertello">Giuseppe Bertello</a></li> <li>Governatorate of Vatican City</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Legislative_branch_of_the_government_of_Vatican_City">Legislative branch of the government of Vatican City</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Legislative branch of the government of Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Absolute legislative authority: <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a>, currently Pope Francis <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretariat of State">Secretariat of State</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Commission_for_Vatican_City_State" title="Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State">Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Pontifical_Commission_for_Vatican_City_State" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State">President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State</a>: <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Lajolo" title="Giovanni Lajolo">Giovanni Lajolo</a></li> <li>Laws passed by the Commission must be approved by the pope through the <a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretariat of State">Secretariat of State</a> prior to being published and taking effect.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Judicial_branch_of_the_government_of_Vatican_City">Judicial branch of the government of Vatican City</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Judicial branch of the government of Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Absolute judicial authority: <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a>, currently Pope Francis <ul><li>Supreme Court of Vatican City (<i>Corte di Cassazione</i>) <ul><li>The Cardinal Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura serves <i><a href="/wiki/Ex_officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex officio">ex officio</a></i> as the President of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Court of Vatican City">Supreme Court of Vatican City</a> (<i>Corte di Cassazione</i>). The two other members of the Supreme Court are also Cardinals of the Apostolic Signatura and are chosen by the Cardinal Prefect on a yearly basis.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>Appellate Court of Vatican City</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribunal_of_Vatican_City_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribunal of Vatican City State">Tribunal of Vatican City State</a></li> <li>Under the terms of article 22 the Lateran Treaty,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Italy will, at the request of the Holy See, punish individuals for crimes committed within Vatican City and will itself proceed against the person who committed the offence, if that person takes refuge in Italian territory. Persons accused of crimes recognized as such both in Italy and in Vatican City that are committed in Italian territory will be handed over to the Italian authorities if they take refuge in Vatican City or in buildings that under the treaty enjoy immunity.<sup id="cite_ref-treaty1_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-treaty1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_relations_of_Vatican_City">Foreign relations of Vatican City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Foreign relations of Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign relations of Vatican City">Foreign relations of Vatican City</a> – Vatican City State is a recognised national territory under international law, but it is the Holy See that conducts diplomatic relations on its behalf, in addition to the Holy See's own diplomacy, entering into international agreements in its regard. <i>See also <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Holy_See" title="Foreign relations of the Holy See">Foreign relations of the Holy See</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="List of diplomatic missions in Vatican City">Diplomatic missions in Vatican City</a>: none (Vatican City maintains diplomatic relations with no one, only the Holy See does. See below). <ul><li>Because Vatican City is too small, diplomatic missions accredited to the Holy See are situated in Rome, not in Vatican City. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_to_the_Holy_See" title="List of diplomatic missions to the Holy See">Diplomatic missions to the Holy See</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_missions_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Diplomatic missions of Vatican City">Diplomatic missions of Vatican City</a>: none. (See below). <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>, which Vatican City is the <a href="/wiki/Sovereign" title="Sovereign">sovereign</a> territory of, maintains <a href="/wiki/Holy_See#Diplomacy" title="Holy See">diplomatic relations with 176 countries</a>. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_missions_of_the_Holy_See" class="mw-redirect" title="Diplomatic missions of the Holy See">Diplomatic missions of the Holy See</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="International_organization_membership">International organization membership</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: International organization membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/International_organization_membership_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="International organization membership of Vatican City">International organization membership of Vatican City</a> Vatican City State is a member of:<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_World_Factbook_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA_World_Factbook-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a> (CE) (observer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency" title="International Atomic Energy Agency">International Atomic Energy Agency</a> (IAEA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Police_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="International Criminal Police Organization">International Criminal Police Organization</a> (Interpol)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Organization_for_Migration" title="International Organization for Migration">International Organization for Migration</a> (IOM) (observer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Telecommunication_Union" title="International Telecommunication Union">International Telecommunication Union</a> (ITU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Telecommunications_Satellite_Organization" title="International Telecommunications Satellite Organization">International Telecommunications Satellite Organization</a> (ITSO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Trade_Union_Confederation" title="International Trade Union Confederation">International Trade Union Confederation</a> (ITUC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nonaligned_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonaligned Movement">Nonaligned Movement</a> (NAM) (guest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_for_Security_and_Cooperation_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe">Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe</a> (OSCE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organisation_for_the_Prohibition_of_Chemical_Weapons" title="Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons">Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons</a> (OPCW)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_American_States" title="Organization of American States">Organization of American States</a> (OAS) (observer)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unione_Latina" class="mw-redirect" title="Unione Latina">Unione Latina</a></i> (observer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> (UN) (permanent observer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Conference_on_Trade_and_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Conference on Trade and Development">United Nations Conference on Trade and Development</a> (UNCTAD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees" title="United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees">United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees</a> (UNHCR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union" title="Universal Postal Union">Universal Postal Union</a> (UPU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Federation_of_Trade_Unions" title="World Federation of Trade Unions">World Federation of Trade Unions</a> (WFTU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization" title="World Intellectual Property Organization">World Intellectual Property Organization</a> (WIPO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Tourism_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="World Tourism Organization">World Tourism Organization</a> (UNWTO) (observer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization" title="World Trade Organization">World Trade Organization</a> (WTO) (observer)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_and_order_in_Vatican_City">Law and order in Vatican City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Law and order in Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Vatican_City_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Law of Vatican City State">Law of Vatican City State</a> </p> <ul><li>Constitution: <a href="/wiki/Fundamental_Law_of_Vatican_City_State" title="Fundamental Law of Vatican City State">Fundamental Law of Vatican City State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Vatican_City" title="Capital punishment in Vatican City">Capital punishment in Vatican City</a>: abolished in 1969</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Vatican_City" title="Crime in Vatican City">Crime in Vatican City</a> (committed mostly by tourists)</li> <li>Human rights in Vatican City <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Vatican City">LGBT rights in Vatican City</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateran_Treaty" title="Lateran Treaty">Lateran Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Law enforcement in Vatican City">Law enforcement in Vatican City</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_in_Vatican_City">Military in Vatican City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Military in Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vatican City State has no military, but resident within it is the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Guard" title="Swiss Guard">Swiss Guard</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vatican_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Vatican_2.jpg/170px-Vatican_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Vatican_2.jpg/255px-Vatican_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Vatican_2.jpg/340px-Vatican_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1274" data-file-height="1911" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Guard" title="Swiss Guard">Swiss Guard</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Military_in_Vatican_City" title="Military in Vatican City">Military in Vatican City</a> </p> <ul><li>Command <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">Commander-in-chief</a>: <a href="/wiki/Christoph_Graf" title="Christoph Graf">Christoph Graf</a></li></ul></li> <li>Forces — Vatican City lies within Rome, the capital of Italy, and therefore defense is the responsibility of Italy. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Army of Vatican City">Army of Vatican City</a>: none, see <a href="/wiki/Military_in_Vatican_City" title="Military in Vatican City">Military in Vatican City</a>; <a href="/wiki/Italian_Army" title="Italian Army">Army of Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy of Vatican City">Navy of Vatican City</a>: none, see <a href="/wiki/Navy_of_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy of Italy">Navy of Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force of Vatican City">Air Force of Vatican City</a>: none, see <a href="/wiki/Aeronautica_Militare" class="mw-redirect" title="Aeronautica Militare">Aeronautica Militare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_forces_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Special forces of Vatican City">Special forces of Vatican City</a>: none, see <a href="/wiki/Special_forces_of_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Special forces of Italy">Special forces of Italy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_in_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Military ranks in Vatican City">Military ranks in Vatican City</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government_in_Vatican_City">Local government in Vatican City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Local government in Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Being a city-state, the government of Vatican City is also the local government.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_Vatican_City">History of Vatican City</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: History of Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/History_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Vatican City">History of Vatican City</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Papacy" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Papacy">History of the Papacy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prisoner_in_the_Vatican" title="Prisoner in the Vatican">Prisoner in the Vatican</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Vatican_City" title="Governor of Vatican City">Governor of Vatican City</a></li> <li>Military history of Vatican City <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Guard#History" title="Swiss Guard">History of the Swiss Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sack_of_Rome_(1527)" title="Sack of Rome (1527)">Sack of Rome (1527)</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture_of_Vatican_City">Culture of Vatican City</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Culture of Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Peter%27s_Square,_Vatican_City_-_April_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/St_Peter%27s_Square%2C_Vatican_City_-_April_2007.jpg/220px-St_Peter%27s_Square%2C_Vatican_City_-_April_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/St_Peter%27s_Square%2C_Vatican_City_-_April_2007.jpg/330px-St_Peter%27s_Square%2C_Vatican_City_-_April_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/St_Peter%27s_Square%2C_Vatican_City_-_April_2007.jpg/440px-St_Peter%27s_Square%2C_Vatican_City_-_April_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4200" data-file-height="2359" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter%27s_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Peter's Square">Saint Peter's Square</a> and beyond it <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>, as viewed from the dome of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter%27s_Basilica" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Peter's Basilica">Saint Peter's Basilica</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vatican_City_at_Large.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Vatican_City_at_Large.jpg/220px-Vatican_City_at_Large.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Vatican_City_at_Large.jpg/330px-Vatican_City_at_Large.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Vatican_City_at_Large.jpg/440px-Vatican_City_at_Large.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="911" /></a><figcaption>St. Peter's Basilica from the <a href="/wiki/River_Tiber" class="mw-redirect" title="River Tiber">River Tiber</a>. The iconic dome dominates the skyline of this part of <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Culture of Vatican City">Culture of Vatican City</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Vatican_City" title="Architecture of Vatican City">Architecture of Vatican City</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter%27s_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Peter's Square">Saint Peter's Square</a></li> <li>Churches in Vatican City: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica" title="St. Peter's Basilica">St. Peter's Basilica</a></li></ul></li> <li>Palaces in Vatican City: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Palace" title="Apostolic Palace">Apostolic Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casina_Pio_IV" title="Casina Pio IV">Casina Pio IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domus_Sanctae_Marthae" title="Domus Sanctae Marthae">Domus Sanctae Marthae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_John%27s_Tower_(Vatican_City)" title="Saint John's Tower (Vatican City)">Torre San Giovanni</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>National symbols of Vatican City <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Vatican_City" title="Coat of arms of Vatican City">Coat of arms of Vatican City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Vatican_City" title="Flag of Vatican City">Flag of Vatican City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_anthem_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="National anthem of Vatican City">National anthem of Vatican City</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="People of Vatican City">People of Vatican City</a></li> <li>Religion in Vatican City – Vatican City is the sovereign territory and headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church, and home of the Pope <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vicar_General_for_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Vicar General for Vatican City">Vicar General for Vatican City</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Europe#Holy_See" class="mw-redirect" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Europe">World Heritage Sites in Vatican City</a>: Vatican City is itself a World Heritage Site</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Art_in_Vatican_City">Art in Vatican City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Art in Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Art in Vatican City <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Resurrection_(Fazzini)" title="The Resurrection (Fazzini)">The Resurrection</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Museums" title="Vatican Museums">Vatican Museums</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anima_Mundi,_Vatican_City" title="Anima Mundi, Vatican City">Anima Mundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collection_of_Modern_Religious_Art,_Vatican_Museums" class="mw-redirect" title="Collection of Modern Religious Art, Vatican Museums">Collection of Modern Religious Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gallery_of_Maps" class="mw-redirect" title="The Gallery of Maps">The Gallery of Maps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raphael_Rooms" title="Raphael Rooms">Raphael Rooms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sistine_Chapel" title="Sistine Chapel">Sistine Chapel</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Judgment_(Michelangelo)" title="The Last Judgment (Michelangelo)">The Last Judgment</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sistine_Chapel_ceiling" title="Sistine Chapel ceiling">Sistine Chapel ceiling</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Literature of Vatican City <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Library" title="Vatican Library">Vatican Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Apostolic_Archive" title="Vatican Apostolic Archive">Vatican Apostolic Archive</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Vatican_City" title="Music of Vatican City">Music of Vatican City</a></li></ul> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:1508px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vatican_Museum_Queue_-_April_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="On the last Sunday of each month, the Vatican Museum is open to the public for free. This is extremely popular and it is common to wait in line for many hours. This image is a panoramic view of one small stretch of the entire queue in April 2007, which continues for some distance in both directions beyond view. In the background is the Vatican City's wall."><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Vatican_Museum_Queue_-_April_2007.jpg/1500px-Vatican_Museum_Queue_-_April_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="1500" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Vatican_Museum_Queue_-_April_2007.jpg/2250px-Vatican_Museum_Queue_-_April_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Vatican_Museum_Queue_-_April_2007.jpg/3000px-Vatican_Museum_Queue_-_April_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8835" data-file-height="1176" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Vatican_Museum_Queue_-_April_2007.jpg" title="File:Vatican Museum Queue - April 2007.jpg"> </a></div>On the last Sunday of each month, the Vatican Museum is open to the public for free. This is extremely popular and it is common to wait in line for many hours. This image is a panoramic view of one small stretch of the entire queue in April 2007, which continues for some distance in both directions beyond view. In the background is the Vatican City's wall.</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports_in_Vatican_City">Sports in Vatican City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Sports in Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Cricket in Vatican City <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Cricket_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican Cricket Team">Vatican Cricket Team</a></li></ul></li> <li>Football in Vatican City <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City_national_football_team" title="Vatican City national football team">Vatican City national football team</a></li></ul></li> <li>Vatican City at the Olympics: has not competed</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy_and_infrastructure_of_Vatican_City">Economy and infrastructure of Vatican City</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Economy and infrastructure of Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vatican-radio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Vatican-radio.jpg/220px-Vatican-radio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Vatican-radio.jpg/330px-Vatican-radio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Vatican-radio.jpg/440px-Vatican-radio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="754" data-file-height="684" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Vatican_Radio" title="Vatican Radio">Vatican Radio</a> building.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Euro_banknotes_2002.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Euro_banknotes_2002.png/220px-Euro_banknotes_2002.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Euro_banknotes_2002.png/330px-Euro_banknotes_2002.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Euro_banknotes_2002.png/440px-Euro_banknotes_2002.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="587" /></a><figcaption>Euro banknotes.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Vatican_City" title="Economy of Vatican City">Economy of Vatican City</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)" title="List of countries by GDP (nominal)">Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007)</a>:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_system" title="Economic system">Economy type</a>: noncommercial (based on donations from church-goers) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Church_tax" title="Church tax">Church tax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter%27s_Pence" title="Peter's Pence">Peter's Pence</a></li></ul></li> <li>Agriculture in Vatican City: None. See <a href="/wiki/Vatican_Gardens" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican Gardens">Vatican Gardens</a>.</li> <li>Banking in Vatican City <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican Bank">Vatican Bank</a></li></ul></li> <li>Communications in Vatican City <ul><li>Internet in Vatican City <ul><li><a href="/wiki/.va" title=".va">.va</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Library" title="Vatican Library">Vatican Library</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/L%27Osservatore_Romano" title="L'Osservatore Romano">L'Osservatore Romano</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Octava_Dies" title="Octava Dies">Octava Dies</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Radio" title="Vatican Radio">Vatican Radio</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="List of companies of Vatican City">Companies of Vatican City</a>: none</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Currency" title="Currency">Currency of Vatican City</a>: <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">Euro</a> (see also: <a href="/wiki/Template:Euro_topics" title="Template:Euro topics">Euro topics</a>) <ul><li>Former currency: <a href="/wiki/Vatican_lira" title="Vatican lira">Vatican lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">ISO 4217</a>: <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">EUR</a></li></ul></li> <li>Health care in Vatican City <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Pharmacy" title="Vatican Pharmacy">Vatican Pharmacy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">Mining</a> in Vatican City: none</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Vatican_City" title="Tourism in Vatican City">Tourism in Vatican City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Transportation in Vatican City">Transportation in Vatican City</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="List of airports in Vatican City">Airports in Vatican City</a>: none. <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> is served by two airports which are used by travellers to the Vatican.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Vatican_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in Vatican City">Rail transport in Vatican City</a></li> <li>Roads in Vatican City (see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/informazione_generale/sp_ss_scv_info-generale_en.html#Piantina%20della%20Città%20del%20Vaticano">map</a>) <ul><li>Being only 1.05 km long and 0.85 km wide,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vatican City has no highways.</li> <li>Vatican City has access roads and driveways. (See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/informazione_generale/sp_ss_scv_info-generale_en.html#Piantina%20della%20Città%20del%20Vaticano">map</a>)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education_in_Vatican_City">Education in Vatican City</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Education in Vatican City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Academies in Vatican City: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Academy_of_Sciences" title="Pontifical Academy of Sciences">Pontifical Academy of Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Academy_of_Social_Sciences" title="Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences">Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Academy_for_Life" title="Pontifical Academy for Life">Pontifical Academy for Life</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biblioteca_Apostolica_Vaticana" class="mw-redirect" title="Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana">Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana</a> (Vatican Library) <ul><li>Includes the Vatican School of Librarianship</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_for_Catholic_Education" title="Congregation for Catholic Education">Congregation for Catholic Education</a></li> <li>Vatican School of Palaeography, Diplomacy, and Archivistry, run by the <a href="/wiki/Vatican_Apostolic_Archive" title="Vatican Apostolic Archive">Vatican Apostolic Archive</a>.</li> <li>Vatican City is too small to host extensive educational facilities, but the Holy See operates 64 academic institutions close by (in Rome). The major ones are: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_University_of_St._Thomas_Aquinas_(Angelicum)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)">Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Gregorian_University" title="Pontifical Gregorian University">Pontifical Gregorian University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Urbaniana_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontifical Urbaniana University">Pontifical Urbaniana University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Lateran_University" title="Pontifical Lateran University">Pontifical Lateran University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_University_of_the_Holy_Cross" title="Pontifical University of the Holy Cross">Pontifical University of the Holy Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salesian_Pontifical_University" title="Salesian Pontifical University">Salesian Pontifical University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_University_Antonianum" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontifical University Antonianum">Pontifical University Antonianum</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Vatican_City&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Vatican_City-related_articles" class="mw-redirect" title="Index of Vatican City-related articles">Index of Vatican City-related articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_rankings" title="List of international rankings">List of international rankings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Europe" title="Outline of Europe">Outline of Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_geography" title="Outline of geography">Outline of geography</a></li> <li><a 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/38px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Vatican_City" title="Portal:Vatican City">Vatican City</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Holy_See_%282%29.svg/19px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Holy_See_%282%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Holy_See_%282%29.svg/29px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Holy_See_%282%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Holy_See_%282%29.svg/38px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Holy_See_%282%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="429" data-file-height="425" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="map" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Europe_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/19px-Europe_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Europe_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/29px-Europe_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Europe_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/38px-Europe_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="541" data-file-height="541" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Europe" title="Portal:Europe">Europe</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The figure of 0.44 km<sup>2</sup> is still widely cited by many sources despite its inaccuracy.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-population-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-population_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">453 residents and 372 nonresident citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-population_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-population-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-pages-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pages_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pages_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 July</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=catholic-pages.com&rft.pub=catholic-pages.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholic-pages.com%2Fvatican%2Fvatican_city.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOutline+of+Vatican+City" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JqlIZ70Jn9gC&q=vaticano">De Agostini Atlas Calendar</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221016055707/https://books.google.com/books?id=JqlIZ70Jn9gC&q=vaticano">Archived</a> 2022-10-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 1930, p. 99. <span class="languageicon">(in Italian)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-agostini1945-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-agostini1945_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZpJXsBX_6uUC&q=vaticano">De Agostini Atlas Calendar</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221016055707/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZpJXsBX_6uUC&q=vaticano">Archived</a> 2022-10-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 1945–46, p. 128. <span class="languageicon">(in Italian)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-population-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-population_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vaticanstate.va/it/stato-governo/note-generali/popolazione.html">"Population"</a> (in Italian). Vatican City State. 1 February 2019. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200517063650/https://www.vaticanstate.va/it/stato-governo/note-generali/popolazione.html">Archived</a> from the original on 17 May 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 April</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Population&rft.pub=Vatican+City+State&rft.date=2019-02-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vaticanstate.va%2Fit%2Fstato-governo%2Fnote-generali%2Fpopolazione.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOutline+of+Vatican+City" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/en.html">"Vatican City State Institutional Portal"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131204011806/http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/en.html">Archived</a> from the original on 2013-12-04<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2013-11-04</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Vatican+City+State+Institutional+Portal&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vaticanstate.va%2Fcontent%2Fvaticanstate%2Fen.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOutline+of+Vatican+City" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.itu.int/online/mm/scripts/mm.list?_search=ITUstates&_languageid=1">"International Telecommunication Union Member States"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190905171817/https://www.itu.int/online/mm/scripts/mm.list?_search=ITUstates&_languageid=1">Archived</a> from the original on 2019-09-05<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2013-11-04</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=International+Telecommunication+Union+Member+States&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itu.int%2Fonline%2Fmm%2Fscripts%2Fmm.list%3F_search%3DITUstates%26_languageid%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOutline+of+Vatican+City" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Stato della Città del Vaticano" is the name used in the state's <a href="/wiki/Constitution" title="Constitution">founding document</a>, the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vaticanstate.va/NR/rdonlyres/FBFEA0E8-B43A-452A-AAA0-1AF49590F658/2614/TrattatoSantaSedeItalia.pdf">Treaty between the Holy See and Italy</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120309093658/http://www.vaticanstate.va/NR/rdonlyres/FBFEA0E8-B43A-452A-AAA0-1AF49590F658/2614/TrattatoSantaSedeItalia.pdf">Archived</a> 2012-03-09 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, article 26.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cf. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.geography-site.co.uk/pages/countries/demonyms.html">The Geography Site, "What do call a person from ?"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080714052233/http://www.geography-site.co.uk/pages/countries/demonyms.html">Archived</a> 2008-07-14 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/holy-see-vatican-city/">"Holy See (Vatican City)"</a>. <i>CIA—The World Factbook</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220126204237/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/holy-see-vatican-city/">Archived</a> from the original on 26 January 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Corps of Firefighters of the Vatican City State">Corps of Firefighters</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#fff200;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Vatican_City" title="Economy of Vatican City">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Institute_for_the_Works_of_Religion" title="Institute for the Works of Religion">Banking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_euro_coins" title="Vatican euro coins">Vatican euro coins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City#Communications" title="Vatican City">Communications</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/.va" title=".va">.va [Internet domain]</a></li> 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href="/wiki/Salvation_in_Christianity" title="Salvation in Christianity">Salvation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Mount" title="Sermon on the Mount">Sermon on the Mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Commandments_in_Catholic_theology" title="Ten Commandments in Catholic theology">Ten Commandments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulgate" title="Vulgate">Vulgate</a></li> <li>Official Bible <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sixtine_Vulgate" title="Sixtine Vulgate">Sixtine Vulgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixto-Clementine_Vulgate" title="Sixto-Clementine Vulgate">Sixto-Clementine Vulgate</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nova_Vulgata" title="Nova Vulgata">Nova Vulgata</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_worship" title="Christian worship">Worship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_ecclesiology" title="Catholic ecclesiology">Ecclesiology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Communitas_perfecta" title="Communitas perfecta">Communitas perfecta</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_ecumenical_councils" title="Catholic ecumenical councils">Councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_ecumenism" title="Catholic Church and ecumenism">Ecumenism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Marks_of_the_Church" title="Four Marks of the Church">Four marks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/One_true_church" title="One true church">One true church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholicity" title="Catholicity">Catholic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infallibility_of_the_Church" title="Infallibility of the Church">Infallibility</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mystici_Corporis_Christi" title="Mystici Corporis Christi">Mystici Corporis Christi</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People_of_God" title="People of God">People of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churches_Militant,_Penitent,_and_Triumphant" title="Churches Militant, Penitent, and Triumphant">Three states</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Subsistit_in" title="Subsistit in">Subsistit in</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_theology,_and_fundamental_theory_of_Catholic_canon_law" title="Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law">In canon law</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Sacraments_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Sacraments of the Catholic Church">Sacraments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">Baptism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confirmation_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Confirmation in the Catholic Church">Confirmation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eucharist_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Eucharist in the Catholic Church">Eucharist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacrament_of_Penance" title="Sacrament of Penance">Penance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_the_Sick_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Anointing of the Sick in the Catholic Church">Anointing of the Sick</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Last_rites" title="Last rites">Last rites</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_orders_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Holy orders in the Catholic Church">Holy orders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Marriage in the Catholic Church">Matrimony</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Mariology" title="Catholic Mariology">Mariology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary" title="Assumption of Mary">Assumption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Catholic_Mariology" title="History of Catholic Mariology">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception" title="Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariology_of_the_popes" title="Mariology of the popes">Mariology of the popes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariology_of_the_saints" title="Mariology of the saints">Mariology of the saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">Mother of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_virginity_of_Mary" title="Perpetual virginity of Mary">Perpetual virginity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veneration_of_Mary_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church">Veneration</a></li> <li>See also:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josephology" title="Josephology">Josephology</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christian_philosophy" title="Christian philosophy">Philosophy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Natural_law" title="Natural law">Natural law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_moral_theology" title="Catholic moral theology">Moral theology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personalism_(Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Personalism (Catholic)">Personalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_social_teaching" title="Catholic social teaching">Social teaching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_philosophers_and_theologians" title="List of Catholic philosophers and theologians">Philosophers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_theology,_and_fundamental_theory_of_Catholic_canon_law" title="Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law">Philosophy of canon law</a></li> <li>See also:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_the_Catholic_Church" title="Science and the Catholic Church">Science</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evolution_and_the_Catholic_Church" title="Evolution and the Catholic Church">Evolution</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state" title="Separation of church and state">Separation of church and state</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Relations_between_the_Catholic_Church_and_the_state" title="Relations between the Catholic Church and the state">Relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_politics" title="Catholic Church and politics">Politics</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Saint_(Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint (Catholic)">Saints</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Family" title="Holy Family">Holy Family</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Joseph</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">Patriarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prophets_of_Christianity" title="Prophets of Christianity">Prophets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archangel" title="Archangel">Archangels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_martyr" title="Christian martyr">Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_the_Church" title="Doctor of the Church">Doctors of the Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Evangelists" title="Four Evangelists">Evangelists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confessor_of_the_Faith" title="Confessor of the Faith">Confessors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disciple_(Christianity)" title="Disciple (Christianity)">Disciples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_(title)" title="Virgin (title)">Virgins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Organisation<br /><small><a href="/wiki/Hierarchy_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Hierarchy of the Catholic Church">Hierarchy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Canon_law_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Canon law of the Catholic Church">Canon law</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Catholic_laity" title="Catholic laity">Laity</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Order of precedence in the Catholic Church">Precedence</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_by_country" title="Catholic Church by country">By country</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_popes" title="List of popes">List of popes</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a> <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Francis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_ecumenical_councils" title="Catholic ecumenical councils">Ecumenical councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Cardinals" title="College of Cardinals">College</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_living_cardinals" class="mw-redirect" title="List of living cardinals">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Cardinal_Advisers" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Cardinal Advisers">Advisers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Curia" title="Roman Curia">Roman Curia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery" title="Dicastery">Dicasteries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Bishops_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Synod of Bishops in the Catholic Church">Synod of Bishops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Properties_of_the_Holy_See" title="Properties of the Holy See">Properties</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Vatican_City%E2%80%93related_articles" title="Index of Vatican City–related articles">Index</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Palace" title="Apostolic Palace">Apostolic Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateran_Treaty" title="Lateran Treaty">Lateran Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rota" title="Roman Rota">Roman Rota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica" title="St. Peter's Basilica">St. Peter's Basilica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Guard" title="Swiss Guard">Swiss Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Museums" title="Vatican Museums">Vatican Museums</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Polity</a> (<a href="/wiki/Holy_orders_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Holy orders in the Catholic Church">Holy orders</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_dioceses_(structured_view)" title="List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)">Diocese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_conference" title="Episcopal conference">Episcopal conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eparchy#Church_hierarchy" title="Eparchy">Eparchy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishops_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Bishops in the Catholic Church">Bishop</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">Patriarch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_archbishop" title="Major archbishop">Major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primate_(bishop)" title="Primate (bishop)">Primate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_bishop" title="Metropolitan bishop">Metropolitan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">Archbishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocesan_bishop" title="Diocesan bishop">Diocesan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coadjutor_bishop" title="Coadjutor bishop">Coadjutor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_bishop" title="Auxiliary bishop">Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titular_bishop" title="Titular bishop">Titular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_emeritus" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope emeritus">Emeritus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parish_(Catholic_Church)" title="Parish (Catholic Church)">Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priesthood_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Priesthood in the Catholic Church">Priest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon" title="Deacon">Deacon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Consecrated_life" title="Consecrated life">Consecrated life</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Religious_(Western_Christianity)" title="Religious (Western Christianity)">Religious</a>:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_(hierarchy)" title="Superior (hierarchy)">Superior</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbot" title="Abbot">Abbot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abbess" title="Abbess">Abbess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_general_(Christianity)" title="Superior general (Christianity)">General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provincial_superior" title="Provincial superior">Provincial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prior_(ecclesiastical)" title="Prior (ecclesiastical)">Prior, Prioress</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_master_(order)" title="Grand master (order)">Grand master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_brother" title="Religious brother">Brother</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friar" title="Friar">Friar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">Monk</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_sister" title="Religious sister">Sister</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_nun" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic nun">Nun</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermit" title="Hermit">Hermit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novitiate" title="Novitiate">Novice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Novice_master" title="Novice master">Master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oblate" title="Oblate">Oblate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postulant" title="Postulant">Postulant</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_particular_churches_and_liturgical_rites" title="Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites">Particular churches</a><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Sui_iuris" title="Sui iuris">sui iuris</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic Churches</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Albanian Greek Catholic Church">Albanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Church" title="Armenian Catholic Church">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Belarusian Greek Catholic Church">Belarusian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church">Bulgarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaldean_Catholic_Church" title="Chaldean Catholic Church">Chaldean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Catholic_Church" title="Coptic Catholic Church">Coptic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Catholic_Church_of_Croatia_and_Serbia" title="Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia">Croatian and Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Catholic_Church" title="Eritrean Catholic Church">Eritrean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Catholic_Church" title="Ethiopian Catholic Church">Ethiopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Georgia" title="Catholic Church in Georgia">Georgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Byzantine_Catholic_Church" title="Greek Byzantine Catholic Church">Greek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Hungarian Greek Catholic Church">Hungarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italo-Albanian_Catholic_Church" title="Italo-Albanian Catholic Church">Italo-Albanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Macedonian Greek Catholic Church">Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maronite_Church" title="Maronite Church">Maronite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melkite_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Melkite Greek Catholic Church">Melkite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Romanian Greek Catholic Church">Romanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Russian Greek Catholic Church">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruthenian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church">Ruthenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Slovak Greek Catholic Church">Slovak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Catholic_Church" title="Syriac Catholic Church">Syriac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Syro-Malabar Catholic Church">Syro-Malabar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malankara_Catholic_Church" title="Syro-Malankara Catholic Church">Syro-Malankara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church">Ukrainian</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_liturgy" title="Catholic liturgy">Catholic liturgy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_liturgy" title="Eastern Catholic liturgy">Eastern Catholic liturgy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandrian_liturgical_rites" title="Alexandrian liturgical rites">Alexandrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiochene_Rite" title="Antiochene Rite">Antiochian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Rite" title="Armenian Rite">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Rite" title="Byzantine Rite">Byzantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Syriac_Rite" title="East Syriac Rite">East Syriac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Syriac_Rite" title="West Syriac Rite">West Syriac</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malankara_Rite" title="Malankara Rite">Malankara</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_liturgical_rites" title="Latin liturgical rites">Latin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambrosian_Rite" title="Ambrosian Rite">Ambrosian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rite_of_Braga" title="Rite of Braga">Braga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozarabic_Rite" title="Mozarabic Rite">Mozarabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mass_of_Paul_VI" title="Mass of Paul VI">Paul VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tridentine_Mass" title="Tridentine Mass">Tridentine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Use" title="Anglican Use">Anglican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaire_Use" title="Zaire Use">Zaire</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic culture">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_art" title="Catholic art">Art</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marian_art_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Marian art in the Catholic Church">Marian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_artists" title="List of Catholic artists">Artists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_writers" title="List of Catholic writers">Writers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_Catholic_church_buildings" title="Lists of Catholic church buildings">Church buildings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altarpiece" title="Altarpiece">Altarpieces</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_Catholicism" title="Folk Catholicism">Folk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Library" title="Vatican Library">Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Museums" title="Vatican Museums">Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Catholic_music" title="Category:Catholic music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Holy_See" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Holy See">Distinctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Role_of_Christianity_in_civilization" title="Role of Christianity in civilization">Role in civilisation</a></li> <li>See also:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Criticism of the Catholic Church">Criticism of the Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Catholicism" title="Anti-Catholicism">Anti-Catholicism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Catholic_media" title="Category:Catholic media">Media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See_Press_Office" title="Holy See Press Office">Holy See Press Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Media" title="Vatican Media">Vatican Media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_News" title="Vatican News">Vatican News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Television_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican Television Center">Vatican Television Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Radio" title="Vatican Radio">Vatican Radio</a></li></ul></li> <li>Vatican Polyglot Press</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/L%27Osservatore_Romano" title="L'Osservatore Romano">L'Osservatore Romano</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Acta_Apostolicae_Sedis" title="Acta Apostolicae Sedis">Acta Apostolicae Sedis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Annuario_Pontificio" title="Annuario Pontificio">Annuario Pontificio</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Religious_order_(Catholic)" title="Religious order (Catholic)">Religious orders</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Religious_institute" title="Religious institute">institutes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Society_of_apostolic_life" 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