Outline of Vatican City - Government and Politics of Vatican City

Government and Politics of Vatican City

  • Form of government: Ecclesiastical; elective non-hereditary Absolute Theocratic Monarchy
  • Capital: Vatican City
  • Association of Vatican Lay Workers
  • Elections in Vatican City
  • Political parties in Vatican City: none. Vatican City is in the jurisdiction of the Holy See, which has absolute authority over it.
  • Political scandals of Vatican City
    • Banco Ambrosiano
    • Gone with the Wind in the Vatican
    • Roman Question
  • Vatican Secret Archives

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