No, it is not part of the Illuminati. The Vatican Bank is the official bank of the Country called "The Vatican City." Just as every other sovereign country has a national bank to hold and manage its resources, so too, does the Vatican. Notions like this have been recently influenced by movies based on Dan Brown's Books and are as ludicrous as saying that the National Bank of England is run by group of jaded ex-nuns!

The Vatican is built on the Mons Vaticanus (Vatican Hill) and has a close proximity to the west bank of the Tiber River. Other that, there are no real geographic features in the Vatican where most features are man made.

Try clicking on this link. There you will find a map showing the location of the Vatican as well as a lengthy story about the Vatican and its history.

No. The Vatican does not own bank of America. It is a private bank that operates out of USA. The key people in the bank are:

1. Charles O Holliday - chairman

2. Brian Moynihan - President & CEO

3. Ken Lewis - Largest Shareholder of the bank