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The Vatican: a papal powerhouse, world's smallest state

  • Italy recognized Vatican sovereignty through the Lateran Accords in 1929.
  • This followed decades after Italian unification conquered previous Papal States around 1870.
  • The resulting territory became the world's smallest independent state.
  • Pope Pius IX called himself a "prisoner in the Vatican" after Rome's 1870 capture.
  • Today the pope leads 1.4 billion Catholics globally and rules the state supreme.
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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, with its own newspaper, national anthem in Latin and supreme leader

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delo.si broke the news in on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
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