Vatican Facts
As time permits, I will post pictures from Rome and the Vatican City.
Meanwhile, you can video videos of the Vatican as well as other resources about the historic Catholic Church.
There are Flickr Photos, videos, and blog articles associated with the Vatican.
Quick Look at the Vatican
Vatican Facts
Located within a walled enclave, Vatican City, officially State of the Vatican City is a sovereign city-state. With a population about 900, the Vatican is the smallest state in the world by both population and independence.The Vatican came into existence in 1929, as a new creation and not as a vestige of the much larger Papal States (756 to 1870) that had previously encompassed central Italy. Most were absorbed into the Kingdom of Italy in 1860, and the city of Rome with a small area close to it, ten years later in 1870.
Ruled by the Bishop of Rome or Pope, the Vatican City is a non-hereditary, elected monarch. The highest state functionaries are all clergymen of the Catholic Church. It is the sovereign territory of the Holy See (Sancta Sedes) and the location of the Apostolic Palace - the Pope's official residence - and of much of the Roman Curia.
For almost 1000 years (324-1309), the Popes lived at the Lateran Palace on the Caelian Hill in the east of Rome. Returning from in Avignon in 1377 the Lateran building needed maintenance. Later in the restored Lateran building, the Vatican City was established. The restored Lateran building is now the residence of the Pope's Cardinal Vicar General for the City of Rome. To date, there have been two Vatican Councils, but five Lateran Councils. The Basilica of St. John Lateran, not the St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, remains the Pope's cathedral.
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National Geographic - Inside the Vatican
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The Vatican Museums
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New Flickr Photos
Creation of Adam
Rome: February 2009
Vatican Museum floor
Cistine Chapel
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Blog Posts from Google
Vatican City
- Pope knocked to the floor at Christmas Eve Mass
- It was the second time in two weeks that a major figure has been attacked in Italy -- although technically, Vatican City, though located in Rome, ...
- Pope Knocked Down by Woman at Christmas Eve Mass
- By AP VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI's Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's Basilica got off to a tumultuous start Thursday after an apparently ...
- Vatican OKs Simpsons
- By United Press International VATICAN CITY, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Not that the show needed it, but "The Simpsons," the long-running and hugely popular TV cartoon ...
- Nativity scene is only authorized replica of display in Vatican City
- The creche, in its 11th year Downtown, is the only authorized replica of the one on display in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. ...
Vatican City
Vatican Photos
Swiss Guard, Vatican...
Catholic shadow
La Trasfigurazione
La città eterna
Concilia?
Giardino della Pigna
jumping for the Pope
Earthly Pleasures
Piazza San Peitro 5
San Peitro 14
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Christian Links
Vatican Facts or Christian Themes
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- The Interview With God
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