What does VC stand for?

VATICAN CITY, Nov 23 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah's visit to the Vatican and his meeting with Pope Benedict XVI were particularly important, a Kuwaiti diplomat said Monday.

The Vatican City ended 2008 with a deficit of 15 million euros (21 million dollars) and had been affected "like other states, by the economic and financial crisis", a statement said.

Vatican City is practically a world of its own, albeit one that is encompassed in 108 acres (44 hectares).

It does not appear to be His Holiness Benedict XVI himself but rather an ex-pat Geordie working in Vatican City.

You are going to Rome and would like to see the Vatican City and some museums and famous artworks and make some tours around the city or to other places but you are dreading the very likely possibilty to stand in line for hours just to get the tickets You are going to Rome and would like to see the Vatican City and some museums and famous artworks and make some tours around the city or to other places but you are dreading the very likely possibilty to stand in line for hours just to get the tickets?

1929: The Vatican City came into being, with the Pope as its sovereign.

1929: The Papal State, extinct since 1870, was revived as the State of Vatican City in Rome.

Vatican City -- Pope Benedict XVI has reaffirmed Pope Paul VI's 1968 encyclical Humanae vitae which condemned birth control.