Vatican City is the world’s smallest fully independent nation-state. It is ruled by the pope, who is the head of the Holy See, the central government of the Catholic Church.

Vatican City as a country does not maintain diplomatic missions, but the Holy See has diplomatic relations with over 180 countries around the world. It is also a permanent observer of the United ...

In contrast to the Holy See, Vatican City derives revenues from a few small industries. It employs a labor force of 4,800 people who interact with millions of tourists annually. These travelers visit ...

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.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Kevin Farrell remembers the day Pope Francis asked him to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pope and before the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- “To support the service of the Apostolic See and considering the current economic situation,” Pope Francis established a permanent Vatican commission dedicated to ...