Pope Francis is the sovereign of Vatican City and has a Holy See passport. ... The pope's Argentine passport was about to expire, so he asked the Argentine embassy in Rome for help renewing it.

And the Holy See lets a Pope retain other citizenships. Pope Francis retained his Argentine nationality and even renewed his Argentine passport in 2017. His two predecessors also retained their ...

According to a July 2024 report in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, the operating deficit for the Holy See in 2023 was just over 83 million euros ($87 million).

France and the Holy See maintain long-standing relations of confidence, based on their closely converging views on the goals of peace, justice and the defence of human rights. The Holy See recognizes ...