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Country: Vatican City State (The Vatican City state)Flag: a square, gold and silver from the two vertical white rectangular form.Legend of gold and two silver-12 disciples of Jesus is one of the two keys to St. Peter's colors.To the right of the white flag, decorated with Pope Paul VI of the imperial emblem.The national emblem: the emblem of the Pope, the Vatican City State logo.To shield logo.Face shield for the red, there are two of the key cross-cutting and a triple crown of the pope.Red in the history of the Catholic Church was the color of white gold and silver the two keys to the legend of St. Peter that Christ (the "Bible" in one of the disciples of Jesus 12), the symbol of the sky and the ground all the power of pay To him; triple crown is the crown and the world's bishops with the crown.Pope claimed to be representatives of Christ in the world, the pope is the Vatican summit, the highest legislative, judicial and executive powers, so as triple crown.Pope: Joseph Ratzinger, was elected in April 2005 section 265 of the Roman Catholic pope, Benedict XVI called.Physical Geography: an area of 0.44 square kilometers, is the world's smallest countries.In the Italian capital of Rome, Vatican City northwest corner of the high ground.Territory, including St. Peter's Square, St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Palace and the Vatican Museum.Land was roughly triangular, with the exception of the city in the southeast of St Peter's Square, the ancient city wall borders to the Vatican for signs.Mediterranean-type climate is subtropical.Population: 01,000 (July 2000), in which permanent population of only 540 people, mostly Italians.The official language is Italian and Latin.Catholic.Capital: Vatican City (Vatican City)December 17, 2003, a 27 m high and 110 years old Christmas tree in the Vatican's Saint Peter's Square on the esplanade.Xinhua / AFPA brief history: the Vatican and Italy in the Latin for "place of the prophet."As early as the fourth century, Constantine on the Pope in Rome City northwest corner disciples of Jesus the establishment of the martyrdom of St. Peter's Cathedral to commemorate the Emil Memorial.To the 15-16 century, Constantine was converted into today's Cathedral of St. Petersburg church, the Catholic Church held a grand ceremony at most places.In 756 AD, Frank WANG Pi-to-Rome City and the surrounding region gave the pope.Pope was the growing power of expansion, in central Italy for a pope to the pope sovereign country.Italy after unification in 1870, the Pope was forced to retreated to the Rome City northwest corner of the Vatican palace.1929, the Government of Italy with Pope Pope Pius XI signed the "Lateran Treaty," the Italian admitted that the Vatican as a sovereign state, its main ownership Pope.Vatican for the neutral country, the sanctity of its territory.Politics: The Vatican is the state of politics and religion.Pope of the Vatican summit, the highest legislative, judicial and executive powers.Pope called himself "the representative of Christ alive", is the spiritual leader of Catholics in the world.Cardinal by Pope 2 / 3 majority of elected office for life.Cardinal group is an advisory body to the Pope.Pope's election, the Vatican sacred and solemn thing.As the pope is the representation of life tenure, the new pope's election in the former are carefully held after the death of the pope.The new pope must be 2 / 3 more than the votes be elected.Diplomacy: the Vatican with 161 countries and regions have formal diplomatic relations, established the Permanent Observer of the United Nations.Relations with China: the Vatican no diplomatic relations with China.FM Spokesman on Ratzinger elected new pope A reporter asked:Reproduced: http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2002-06/19/content_447215.htm

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