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Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State, often shortened as the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state in Southern Europe. Ruled by the pope, it is an enclave within the city of Rome, I
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The Vatican obelisk in St. Peter's Square was brought to Rome from Egypt by Caligula.
Musicians of the British Army's 38th (Irish) Brigade playing in front of St. Peter's Basilica in June 1944
A view of St. Peter's Square from the top of Michelangelo's dome
Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo XIV is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City.
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…governance, largely exercised through the Roman Curia. His official title with regards to Vatican City is Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City. Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, United States, was elected on 8 May 2025. His principal subordinate government official for Vatican City as…
Prevost in 1977, the same year he entered the Augustinian order
Prevost spent his novitiate at Immaculate Conception Church in St. Louis, Missouri.
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mary, Trujillo. As a young missionary, Prevost served in various roles in the Archdiocese of Trujillo.
St. Thomas School in Hyde Park, Chicago