The current (2014) head of state of the Vatican is Pope Francis.
The Pope is the head of the catholic church and therefore, the 'Vatican leader'.
Peter Wentz is a muscian and not the leader of the Vatican. That position is filled by the pope.
The name comes from Mons Vaticanus, the hill upon which the Vatican is built.
The Pope.
In Vatican City, thus the name Vatican Council II.
The Pope lives in the Vatican. In 2014 that would be Pope Francis.
The Pope lives in the "State of the Vatican City" or "Vatican City". This is a country located within the city of Rome, but is completely independent from Italy. The Vatican is its own Country!
The first to lead Vatican City once it became an independent country in 1929 was Pope Pius IX.
No it is on the Vatican Hill, hence the name.
Vatican is the name of an independent country, not of a church.
If you are referring to Pope John XXIII, he died in 1963. The current (2014) leader of the Vatican is Pope Francis.
The pope is elected in a secret election, called a conclave, by the College of Cardinals.