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Edited by Maureen O'Toole                                                                                                                                                   

Edited by Maureen O'Toole                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                                          

Vatican City is a indapendent state witch houses the Goverment of the Rroman Catholic Church and witch is surrounded  by the city of Rome. Until 1871 the Pope held a civil power over a considerable territory, called the Papal States. This land was made a part of Italy during the unification of 1871. By the treaty of the lateran in 1929,Italy restored the Pope's temporal, or civil, power within the confines of Vatican City.

Vatican City is an independent state which houses the Government of the Roman Catholic Church and which is surrounded  by the city of Rome. Until 1871 the Pope held a civil power over a considerable territory, called the Papal States. This land was made a part of Italy during the unification of 1871. By the treaty of the lateran in 1929,Italy restored the Pope's temporal, or civil, power within the confines of Vatican City.

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