1929: The Papal State, extinct since 1870, was revived as the State of Vatican City in Rome, as a result of the
Lateran Treaty.
e 1929: The Papal State, extinct since 1870, was revived as the State of Vatican City in Rome, as a result of the
Lateran Treaty between the Holy See and the Kingdom of Italy under Mussolini.
| 1929: The 109 acres of the Vatican in Rome was made an independent sovereign state under the
Lateran Treaty.
1929 - Italy signs the
Lateran Treaty, establishing an independent Vatican City.
He was the first pope to sit as a sovereign of Vatican City when it was created a state by virtue of the
Lateran Treaty in 1929.
In 1929, the
Lateran Treaty between Mussolini and the Papacy established Vatican City as a sovereign nation belonging to the Catholic Church.
As the spiritual heart of Catholicism, the Vatican, which occupies just 109 acres in the center of Rome, doubled as a political entity long before the Italian
Lateran Treaty created a microstate, Vatican City, around it in 1929.
1929: The 109 acres of the Vatican in Rome was made an independent sovereign state under the
Lateran Treaty. 1975: Margaret Thatcher became the first woman leader of a British political party, the Conservatives, at the age of 49.
In 1929, the
Lateran Treaty was signed, with Italy recognizing the independence and sovereignty of Vatican City.
As a result of the Vatican's unique status as both a temporal state and the seat of the Roman Catholic Church, as defined by the
Lateran Treaty of 1929, the pope is able to perform his duties on a global scale not only through the ministry of local bishops, but by accredited diplomats to countries throughout the world.
With the Vatican's temporal presence only recently restored in 1929 with the
Lateran treaty, the pope had to be concerned with shoring up the Holy See's power and prestige with assurances like concordats, which may well have distracted him from addressing a human rights crisis of epic proportions as the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic church.
The Roman question, dealing with the political relationship between the pope and Italy, remained a central issue that shaped the pontificates of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and was only resolved with the
Lateran Treaty of 1929.