In his very first sermon as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals who elected him that anyone who exercises authority in the Catholic Church must ''make oneself small,'' so that only Christ remains ...

The Vatican City is not an independent sovereign state that’s a member of the UN in its own right - but the city-state microstate has its own flag, and according to the complex way the Vatican ...

The last year the Holy See published a consolidated budget, in 2022, it projected 770 million euros ($878 million), with the bulk paying for embassies around the world and Vatican media operations.

In 1929, Holy See and Italian delegations met at the Lateran Palace in Rome to sign the treaty that would recognise Vatican City as an independent state.