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 ...

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 ...