Vatican City - John Paul II
John Paul II
Pope
(pronounced "JON PALL")
"I was afraid to receive this nomination, but I did it in the spirit of obedience to Our Lord and in the total confidence in his mother, the most holy Madonna."
The official name of the Vatican, or Vatican City as it is inter-changeably called, is Lo Stato de la Citta del Vaticano (State of the Vatican City). It is not a country, but rather an independent city-state and is the smallest state in the world. It is roughly triangle-shaped and covers an area of 0.44 sq km(0.11 sq mi), lying entirely within the city of Rome, Italy, near the west bank of the Tiber River and west of the Castel Sant'Angelo. To the west and south it is bounded by the Leonine Wall. The Vatican is famous for its gardens which contain fine collections of orchids and exotic flora. The population of the Vatican was estimated at 900 in 2002. Until 2002 the Vatican unit of currency was the Vatican lira (plural-lire) which is interchangeable with the Italian lira; when the euro began to circulate in January 2002 in the countries of the European Union, the Vatican accepted it as well.
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