Vatican City (The Holy See)

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Vatican City (The Holy See) Facts •Maps
Holy See Photo: Moonrise at St. Peter‘s Basilica


Photograph by Winfield Parks
The moon climbs slowly past the Michelangelo-designed dome of St. Peter‘s Basilica in Vatican City. The world‘s smallest independent nation is the spiritual center for the world‘s one billion Catholics.
Vatican City (The Holy See) Information and History
From this state within the city of Rome, the Pope ministers to a flock of more than a billion Roman Catholics. The Lateran Treaty between Italy and the Holy See created an independent Vatican City in 1929. The Holy See maintains diplomatic relations with more than 150 countries; issues passports, coins, and stamps; has a radio station and a publishing house; and billets a force of Swiss Guards. John Paul II, the first non-Italian Pope in 455 years, was elected in 1978. Pope Benedict XVI was elected head of the Roman Catholic Church and Vatican City in 2005 after Pope John Paul II‘s death.
ECONOMY
Industry: printing; production of coins, medals, postage stamps; worldwide banking and financial activities.
Agriculture: NA
Exports: NA
Text source: National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition, 2004

Vatican City (The Holy See) Flag and Fast Facts
Population
798
Capital
Vatican City; 798
Area
0.4 square kilometer
(0.2 square mile)
Language
Italian, Latin, French
Religion
Roman Catholic