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Vatican City Explained: History, Wealth, and How It Became The Smallest Country in the World
At just 0.49 square kilometres, Vatican City is the world's smallest independent state, yet it wields a global spiritual ...
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The Vatican is a papal powerhouse, world's smallest state
The Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world, with its own newspaper, national anthem ...
The Secret Finances of the Vatican Economy
The Vatican, the smallest country in the world, has an economy shrouded in secrecy. Here are some little known facts that ...
What’s the Smallest Country In the World?
What makes a country a country? The issue is defining what a country is, and some argue that the Vatican doesn’t fulfill that ...
Goodbye to Vatican nationality: here’s why no one is born a Vatican citizen
En la Ciudad del Vaticano la nacionalidad se obtiene en función de aspectos como el trabajo o la descendencia.
How the pope gets paid and a look into the Vatican’s finances
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church does not get paid what many consider a traditional salary. Instead, the Vatican ...
No phones, no news — only God and church politics as Catholic elders choose Francis' successor
On the eve of the conclave to elect the next pope, the world's smallest country, Vatican City, is engulfed in commotion as cardinals and pilgrims descend.
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The Vatican: a papal powerhouse, world's smallest state
The Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world ... In 1929, the Vatican City State was created with the signing of the Lateran Accords between Pope Pius ...
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The Vatican: a papal powerhouse, world’s smallest state
In 1929, the Vatican City State was created with the signing ... headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world, with its own newspaper, national anthem in Latin and ...