{"id":9197,"date":"2022-06-12T04:00:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/?p=9197"},"modified":"2022-06-12T07:20:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T14:20:20","slug":"vatican-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smoketreemanor.com\/vatican-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican City"},"content":{"rendered":"
Vatican City, officially the\u00a0Vatican City State, is an independent\u00a0city state<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0enclave<\/a>\u00a0located within\u00a0Rome<\/a>,\u00a0Italy<\/a>.\u00a0The Vatican City State, also known simply as the\u00a0Vatican, became independent from Italy with the\u00a0Lateran Treaty<\/a>\u00a0(1929), and it is a distinct\u00a0territory<\/a>\u00a0under “full ownership, exclusive dominion, and sovereign authority and jurisdiction” of the\u00a0Holy See<\/a>, itself a\u00a0sovereign entity<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0international law<\/a>, which maintains the city state’s\u00a0temporal<\/a>,\u00a0diplomatic<\/a>, and spiritual\u00a0independence<\/a>.<\/sup><\/sup>\u00a0With an area of 49 hectares (121 acres)<\/sup>\u00a0and a population of about 825,<\/sup>\u00a0it is the smallest state in the world by both area and\u00a0population<\/a>.<\/sup>\u00a0As governed by the Holy See, the Vatican City State is an\u00a0ecclesiastical<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0sacerdotal<\/a>–monarchical<\/a>\u00a0state (a type of\u00a0theocracy<\/a>) ruled by the\u00a0pope<\/a>\u00a0who is the\u00a0bishop of Rome<\/a>\u00a0and head of the\u00a0Catholic Church<\/a>.<\/sup><\/sup>\u00a0The highest state functionaries are all\u00a0Catholic clergy<\/a>\u00a0of various national origins. After the\u00a0Avignon Papacy<\/a>\u00a0(1309\u20131437),<\/sup>\u00a0the popes have mainly resided at the\u00a0Apostolic Palace<\/a>\u00a0within what is now Vatican City, although at times residing instead in the\u00a0Quirinal Palace<\/a>\u00a0in Rome or elsewhere.<\/p>\n