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Latest news on the Vatican City, the independent country, city-state, microstate and enclave within Rome, Italy.

Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State, became independent from Italy in 1929 with the Lateran Treaty, and it is a distinct territory under the sovereign authority and jurisdiction of the Holy See.

With an area of 49 hectares and a population of around 453 people, it is the smallest state in the world both by area and population.

Vatican City is an ecclesiastical or sacerdotal-monarchical state ruled by the Pope who is the bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church.