The Lateran Treaty dates back to February 11, 1929. Under the treaty, Pope Pius XI was given full sovereignty over the tiny Vatican City State. Historian John Schmidt recalls what happened during ...

This video explores the historical conflicts between the Papacy and Italy, culminating in the Lateran Treaty of 1929 that ...

The late Pope Pius XI quietly took over St. John’s without pageantry after the Lateran Treaty of 1929. More significant than its spectacular pageantry was the political meaning of this “taking ...

With the signing of the Lateran Treaty in 1929, the palace and basilica are extraterritorial properties of the Holy See. The Lateran Palace was once the site of a museum founded by the popes.

Most people think the Pope's church is St. Peter's Basilica. But as the Bishop of Rome, his actual seat is in a church on the other side of Rome called St. John Lateran.

Francis’ new constitution is the third Fundamental Law since 1929, the year in which the Vatican City State was founded with the Lateran Treaty.

February 11 is a national holiday inItaly. The date marks the anniversary of three historic pacts: the Lateran Treaty, which formally constituted Vatican City as an independent territorial state; ...

ROME – Historically, the Lateran Treaty in 1929, which settled the “Roman question” by paying the Vatican for the loss of the Papal States to the newly unified Italian state, was a mixed bag ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday said the Lateran Palace, the former centuries-long papal residence located in southeast Rome, should now be used as a museum.