Description There are one billion Catholics in the world today, spread over every continent, speaking almost every conceivable language, and all answering to a single authority.
For centuries, it has served and sometimes undermined popes; it has been p.
Popes come and go, but the elaborate and complex bureaucracy called the Vatican lives on.
The Vatican is a unique international organization, both in terms of its extraordinary power and influence, and in terms of its endurance.
Description There are one billion Catholics in the world today, spread over every continent, speaking almost every conceivable language, and all answering to a single authority