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[[File:vatican-city-map_7962.gif|frame|[[I Can See My House From Here|I can see the Basilica from here!]] <ref> [[Running Gag|And Italy!]]</ref>]]
Vatican City is is the world's smallest country, a sovereign city-state located entirely within [[The Eternal City|Rome]]. Created by the Lateran Accords of 1929, it had many previous, far more powerful incarnations, such as the [[Papal States]].
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[[The Pope]], of which the Vatican is his primary residence, is the head of state of Vatican City, but is also the ruling body of The Holy See, the government of the Church whose influence extends far outside the city's walls.
The Holy See is not a member of the [[United Nations]], but it has Permanent Observer status. Remarkably, this situation is the result of the Church being
The smallest city/state devotes much of its money back outside, often leaving it slightly in the red. While it gained $355.5 million in revenue in 2008, it spent $356.8 million. Vatican City does house a vast and priceless collection of art collected over its multi-
Please note that you must dress appropriately to enter<ref>i.e. no shorts, skirts must be knee-length or below, shirts must have sleeves and not be too low-cut, and women should cover their hair</ref>.
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Nowadays, the city mainly serves as the administrative capital of Catholicism and a ''major'' religious tourist destination in Rome.
A common misnomer: While the Pope lives within Rome, the religion's official name is simply "The Catholic Church." The term "Roman" (or "Latin") just defines one of the rites, or liturgical practices, of a bulk of their followers. There are numerous Eastern Catholic churches (e.g. the Ukrainian Catholic Church, the Maronite Catholic Church, the Chaldean Catholic Church, the Armenian Catholic Church, the Assyrian Catholic Church...), which use various non-Latin rites: namely, the Byzantine Rite (broadly similar to the Eastern Orthodox liturgy), Alexandrian Rite (broadly similar to the Oriental Orthodox), the Antiochan/West Syrian Rite, and the East Syrian Rite. There are also variant Latin/Western rites, including the Ambrosian Rite (still used in Milan), the Mozarabic Rite (formerly used by the Catholics of Muslim Spain), the Sarum Rite (formerly used in England), and the Anglican Use (used by congregations which were once Anglo-Catholic
[[Captain Obvious|Mostly Catholic]].
Vatican City is the only nation in the world that can lock its own gates at night. It has its own phone company, radio, T.V. stations, money, and stamps. It even has its own army, the historic Swiss Guard.
[[File:Flag_of_the_Vatican_City.svg|thumb|The flag of Vatican City]]
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Angels and Demons]]'', where someone begins a series of ritual murders in the city.▼
* ''[[Hellsing]]'': the manga features an attack on the Vatican by a New Age cult, and later includes a cameo of Pope John Paul II (yes, they actually refers to him directly as Papa Joannes Paulus Secundus, lawsuits be damned) authorizing a crusade to reconquer England.
* In ''[[The Legend of Koizumi]]'', Koizumi meets Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican for [[Mundane Made Awesome|a truly epic mahjong match]].
* In ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'', the Vatican is the home base of some of the more powerful antagonists who dislike the secular setting of the main story. The location makes very occasional appearances in the story.
== Film ==
* In ''[[Van Helsing]]'' there is a secret society made up of members of many religions and nations who fight to protect mankind from evil; its base of operations is underground, just beneath St. Peter's Basilica.
* ''[[Mission: Impossible (
* Burgled by [[Bruce Willis
* ''[[The
* ''[[The Borgias]]''▼
* The Vatican as represented in ''[[Scandinavia and The World]]'' is portrayed as a kindly old man in popish garb (with his flag as his robe) who gets freaked out by the Scandinavians' Christmas traditions.▼
* Shows up in ''[[Assassin's Creed II (Video Game)|Assassin's Creed II]]'' as the site of the final mission, with the bulk of it taking place in the Sistine Chapel. In [[Shown Their Work|a nod to history]], the Chapel's ceiling lacks its famous fresco painting, as the level takes place in the year 1499, before the fresco was put in. The sequel, ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Video Game)|Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]]'', also features the Vatican prominently (what with the game being set in Rome and all), and has you breaking in several times.▼
* [[Penn and Teller Bullshit]] had an episode dedicated to calling out the Vatican.▼
== Literature ==
== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[The Tudors]]''{{context}}
▲* ''[[The Borgias]]''{{context}}
== Video Games ==
▲* Shows up in ''[[
== Web Comics ==
▲* The Vatican as represented in ''[[Scandinavia and The World]]'' is portrayed as a kindly old man in popish garb (with his flag as his robe) who gets freaked out by the Scandinavians' Christmas traditions.
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