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{{Infobox country|name=Vatican City State|native_name=Stato della Città del Vaticano|image_flag=Flag of the Vatican City.svg|image_coat=Coat of arms of the Vatican City.svg | {{Infobox country|name=Vatican City State|native_name=Stato della Città del Vaticano|image_flag=Flag of the Vatican City.svg|image_coat=Coat of arms of the Vatican City.svg|government_type=[[Theocracy|Theocratic]] absolute monarchy|leader_title1=Pope|leader_name1=Francis|image_map=Vatican city map.svg|map_width=290|area_km2=0.49|population_estimate=453|population_estimate_year=2019}} | ||
The '''Vatican City State''' is a theocratic city-state surrounded by [[Italian Republic|Italy | The '''Vatican City State''' is a theocratic city-state surrounded by [[Italian Republic|Italy]]. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
After [[Benito Mussolini]] came to power in Italy, he made Catholicism the state religion, allowing the Vatican to influence education and avoid taxation. During the [[Second World War]], the Vatican funded [[Fascism|fascists]], and Giovanni Montini worked with the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] and the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] before he became pope.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Hugo Turner|newspaper=Anti-Imperialist U|title=Ratline: the Vatican, the Nazis & the CIA|date=2019-07-28|url=https://anti-imperialist-u.blogspot.com/2019/07/ratline-vatican-nazis-cia.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305170415/https://anti-imperialist-u.blogspot.com/2019/07/ratline-vatican-nazis-cia.html|archive-date=2021-03-05|retrieved=2022-09-11}}</ref> | After [[Benito Mussolini]] came to power in Italy, he made Catholicism the state religion, allowing the Vatican to influence education and avoid taxation. During the [[Second World War]], the Vatican funded [[Fascism|fascists]], and Giovanni Montini worked with the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] and the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] before he became pope.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Hugo Turner|newspaper=Anti-Imperialist U|title=Ratline: the Vatican, the Nazis & the CIA|date=2019-07-28|url=https://anti-imperialist-u.blogspot.com/2019/07/ratline-vatican-nazis-cia.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305170415/https://anti-imperialist-u.blogspot.com/2019/07/ratline-vatican-nazis-cia.html|archive-date=2021-03-05|retrieved=2022-09-11}}</ref> | ||