Vatican City

Pope Benedict XVI

Peter did not build it. Emperor Constantine did. He built it after Peter died and Constantine ddedicated it to him.

Peter did not build it. Emperor Constantine did. he built it after St. Peter died. he dedicated it in St. Pter's honor

There is little room for housing in the Vatican. Most of the area is taken up by existing buildings and the Papal Gardens. People cannot simply decide to move to Vatican City. They must be employed there and request housing when it is available.

There are no real land forms in Vatican City except for the hill upon which it has been built - the Mons Vaticanus.

Yes, the Vatican does have laws and a police force to enforce them.

Simply put: it has a zero percent increase by birthrate, as every citizen is a higher ranked member of the Roman Catholic clergy, for all of whom celibacy & chastity is a sworn oath of office. However, the death rate is commensurate with the population mix, so you have a higher death rate than birth rate (by far) & the only increase is by immigration (so to speak, it's actually from hierarchal promotions/invitations given out when the need to replace someone who died arises.

No, the Vatican is not in the EU.

St. Peter's Basilica, here is a Virtual Tour. Here is the Vatican's own description: Saint Peter's Basilica.

Vatican City is in Italy, so it will be in Europe.
The Vatican City is located in Europe, it is it's own country and is separate from the Holy See

The Pope exercises supreme legislative, executive, and judicial power over the Holy See and the State of the Vatican City. Pope Benedict XVI, former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, was elected and invested on April 19 and formally inaugurated on April 24, 2005.

The Vatican (Vatican City) is a separate state located within the city of Rome, Italy, that serves as the religious and administrative center of the Roman Catholic Church. It is the official home of the reigning Pope and the meeting place for the leaders, or cardinals, of the Church. It is recognized as its own country, one of the smallest sovereign states in Europe.
Vatican city is very beautiful. The gardens are extremely looked after and elegant. It measures only 44 hectare which equals around 110 acres. There are many famous and popular tourist attractions. Some of the tourist attractions are The Sistine Chapel, St Peter's Basilica and Vatican Museum. The Vatican Museum is huge. The museum measure just over 9 miles ( if you were only to look at each painting for 1 minute it would take you 4 years to get through the whole museum) The pope also has his own personal guards also known as the Swiss guards. these have to be male, have basic army training, be unmarried, have no children and last but not least be a Swiss catholic.

The Vatican is located in Rome, Italy and is the smallest city state in world. It is the home of the Pope and the Catholic Church. Located in the Vatican is St. Peter's that was designed by Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel that was painted by him. Buried within St. Peter's is the tomb of Peter and past popes. Also there is 4 museums, and vast amounts of art and antiquities. There is also a library filled with books from through the ages and it has it's own banking system. I have been there three times and still want to go back.

The Mass is only in English if you are attending in a community where English is commonly spoken. The approved text of the Mass is still composed in Latin and then translated into the vernacular by committees of experts and approved by Bishops for use in their dioceses.

This represents a change from the past. Until the early 1970s, the Mass was always celebrated worldwide in Latin, even in communities where no one understood Latin. This was one of the major changes implement as a result of the Vatican II Council. The changes was made to enable greater participation and wider comprehension. At the same time that translations were made into the vernacular, other major changes were made in the content and order of the Mass.

Vatican City was formed with the signing of the Lateran Treaty in 1929 by Pope Pius XI and Benito Mussolini.

The Vatican is located in Vatican City. Vatican City is a sovereign city state located internally within the city of Rome, Italy.
in Central Italy

Almost every time the Vatican experiences a thunderstorm, it is struck by lightening, sometimes multiple times. Nobody keeps count. This is especially true of Saint Peter's Basilica which is the tallest structure in the country.

Vatican City has only been an independent country ruled by the pope since the Lateran Treaty was signed in 1929.

The Second Vatican Council was held at the Vatican, obviously, Ecumenical Council are named after the location where they are held, this was the Second Ecumenical Council to be held at the Vatican. It was convened in 1962 by Blessed Pope John XXIII, of happy memory; it was closed by Pope Paul VI, of happy memory, on December 8, 1965. It's purpose, according to Pope John XXIII was to "update the Church" to bring its presentation of the faith up to modern standards in order to better evangelize the world, and to call individual Christians to a deeper holiness.

Vatican City became independemt from Italy with the signing of the Lateran Treaty in 1929 by Pope Pius XI and Benito Mussolini.

It is a complex of buildings in the Vatican City in Rome, which includes the papal residence and the Sistine Chapel.

The only sports team of the Vatican is a soccer team composed primarily of members of the Swiss Guard along with a few members of the Vatican Police. Because the ranks of the Swiss Guard are constantly undergoing change, it is rare that they play any games, however.

Yes, the Vatican is a principality ruled by the Pope who is a lay prince or an elected theocratic monarchy.

Popes John XXIII and Paul VI were popes during Vatican II.

it promulgated two doctrinal constitutions: Dei filius, which deals with faith, reason, and their interrelations; and Pastor aeternus, which treats the authority of the pope.