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vatican

[vat-i-kuhn] / ˈvæt ɪ kən /
NOUN
Apostolic See
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“It’s Easter, the Vatican is involved in pushing for humanitarian gestures on the part of Cuba as well as Trump. It looks like a humanitarian quid pro quo,” Kornbluh said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In 2025, Cuba released 553 people in a deal brokered by the Vatican and the US.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

"I even rang the Vatican and they put the phone down on me," he says, adding: "I sent emails. I even sent him a DM. Like, who do I think I am?"

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Wedged between the mountains and the sea on the French Riviera, Monaco is the world's second smallest state after the Vatican, and resolutely Catholic.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

By leveling the entire summit, they created a fifty-five-acre terrace half the size of the Vatican.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann