Vatican (HM6)

Vatican City owes its Existence as an independent state with a small territory in (since 1929) to the Lateran Treaty with the under Dictator , but that doesn't mean that Pope Pius XII (since 1939) would praise everything which Fascists or Nazis do. The state is neutral, but the Pope has stated in his Encyclica "Summi Pontificatus" ("On the Limitations of the Authority of the State") from the 20th of October 1939 that his followers shouldn't value their State higher than their faith, and condemned Racism and Antisemitism. Also, the Vatican has contacts to German and other resistors, into which the is involved too.
He decided to not appoint new cardinals during .
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Category:Countries (HM6)
Category:Religions (HM6)
Category:Vatican City