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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 ...
Vatican City has been its own fully-independent country since Feb. 11, 1929. ... The Holy See is the governing body of the Catholic Church, operating from Vatican City.
Ten years after the Holy See formally recognized the State of Palestine, Palestine's new Foreign Minister, Varsen Aghabekian, ...
Nine of 10 countries demonstrating the best cybersecurity literacy skills are European, while Vatican City (or The Holy See) tops the global ranking, as the National ...
Zelensky thanked the Holy See for its efforts to help Ukraine get back thousands of children allegedly abducted to Russia.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vietnam formally agreed Thursday to let a Vatican representative live in the country and open an office, a notching up of relations that could have implications down the line ...
From the Holy Land to the Holy See: Cardinal Pizzaballa emerges as papal candidate ... the simple country games, and so on. It was a simple and genuine world, and a sober and happy life.
In an interview with Khaleej Times, the Papal ambassador to the UAE, Archbishop Christophe Z El Kassis, shared his deeply personal understanding of Pope Francis’ legacy; one shaped not only by ...
The 2018 Holy See-China agreement was reached during President Xi Jinping’s drive to tighten already stringent controls over religions in China in the name of “Sinicization” of religion.
On October 22, 2024, the Holy See and the Chinese government renewed, for the third time, the 2018 “Provisional Agreement regarding the Appointment of Bishops.” The 2024 renewal is for four years.
Trump picks political ally, and papal critic, for ambassadorship to Holy See. Brian Burch is a co-founder of Catholic Vote, a lay advocacy group that supported Donald Trump in 2020 and 2024.