Wikijunior talk:Europe/Vatican City

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The state is Vatican City, not The Holy See. The Holy See normally refers to all of the pope's jurisdictions, religious and moral as well as civil and diplomatic. The terms Vatican City and Holy See are not synonymous. The Holy See includes several bodies and organs that have nothing to do with Vatican City, such as the Congregation for the Oriental Churches or the Pontifical Biblical Commission. While being the sovereign of Vatican City is certainly a part of the job of being pope, in reality, it is one of the least important. Vatican City State has its own constitution, its own government, its own president,, its own legislature, its own police force, its own courts, and several other institutions that go along with being a state, that are quite distinct from the other parts of the Holy See. Gentgeen (talk) 08:39, 20 December 2007 (UTC)