Vatican City – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Vatican City
independent state located within the city of Rome and ruled by the pope, world center of the Catholic Church
Vatican City
Vatican City (; ; ), officially the
Vatican City State (; ), is a walled
enclave within the city of
Rome. With an area of approximately 44
hectares (110
acres), and a population of 842, it is the smallest internationally recognized
independent state in the world by both
area and
population.
Vatican City
Noun
1. the capital of the State of the Vatican City
(synonym) Citta del Vaticano
(hypernym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-holonym) Holy See, The Holy See, State of the Vatican City
(part-meronym) Vatican, Vatican Palace
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Background
Popes in their secular role ruled portions of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid 19th century, when many of the Papal States were seized by the newly united Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the pope's holdings were further circumscribed when Rome itself was annexed. Disputes between a series of "prisoner" popes and Italy were resolved in 1929 by three Lateran Treaties, which established the independent state of Vatican City and granted Roman Catholicism special status in Italy. In 1984, a concordat between the Holy See and Italy modified certain of the earlier treaty provisions, including the primacy of Roman Catholicism as the Italian state religion. Present concerns of the Holy See include religious freedom, international development, the Middle East, terrorism, interreligious dialogue and reconciliation, and the application of church doctrine in an era of rapid change and globalization. About 1 billion people worldwide profess the Catholic faith.
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