Vatican monarchy

**The monarchy of the Kingdom of the Vatican States, commonly known as the Vatican monarchy, is the Parliamentary constitutional monarchy of the Kingdom of the Vatican States, the current head of state is King Francis I who ascended to the throne in 1960.**

**The monarch and his immediate family assume various official, ceremonial, diplomatic and representative duties. Although the monarchy is constitutional, the monarch has many more functions in addition to the ceremonial ones and must also appoint the prime minister, although the Vatican chooses him and he appoints them. The monarch is also Head of the Vatican Armed Forces, he is the highest executive, legislative and judicial authority, the government of the Kingdom of the Vatican States is known as the Government of His Majesty.**

# ***Constitutional role***

**In** **the Constitution of the Kingdom of the Vatican States, the monarch also known as the sovereign or "His Majesty" for short HM is the head of state. The image of** **the King is used to signify Vatican sovereignty and governmental authority; his profile, for example, appears on the coin, and his portrait on government buildings and embassies. The sovereign is also mentioned is the subject of songs, loyal toasts and greetings. "God Save the King" or alternatively "God Save the Queen" which is the Vatican national anthem. Oaths of allegiance are made to the King and his rightful successors.**

**The monarch has direct participation in the government. Decisions to exercise sovereign powers are made by the monarch and are referred to the ministers or officials of the Crown or other public bodies.**

**Legislative power is exercised by the king in Parliament, by and with the advice and approval of Parliament.**

**Executive power is exercised by His Majesty's Government, which is made up of ministers, primarily the prime minister, and the Cabinet, which is technically a committee of the Privy Council. They have the direction of the Armed Forces of the Crown, the Civil Service and other Officials of the Crown such as the Diplomatic and Secret Services. The King receives all foreign intelligence reports before anyone else.**

**The judicial power is in the hands of the different judicial powers of the Kingdom of the Vatican States, which by constitution and statute have judicial autonomy from the Government.**

**The Vatican Church, of which the pope is the head, has its own legislative, judicial and executive structures.**

**Independent powers of government are legally vested in other public bodies through statutes or statutory instruments, such as an order in the council, a royal commission or otherwise.**

# ***Dissolution of Congress***

**In case of inefficiency, the monarch can dissolve parliament if he so wishes and call early elections and can even remove any person in a legislative, judicial and executive position.**

# ***Religious Role***

**The monarch cannot intervene in the conclave or appoint or dismiss someone in an ecclesiastical position, but if the monarch sees it necessary, he can summon the pope to a private audience at the Royal Palace in Rome and recommend that His Holiness dismiss or appoint some person that the king wishes.**

# ***Succession***

**According to the laws of succession, it is not possible for a person to renounce his right of succession unless ordered by the king or the law of succession is breached. After the death of a sovereign, his heir immediately becomes king and the accession of the new sovereign is publicly proclaimed by a Council of Accession that meets in the Royal Palace of Rome. Upon accession, the law requires a new sovereign to take and sign various oaths: the Declaration of Accession as required by the Bill of Rights and an Oath to the Constitution. The monarch is usually crowned in the Basilica of Santa María la Mayor, usually by the pope. A coronation is not necessary for a sovereign to reign; in fact, the ceremony usually takes place many months after accession to allow sufficient time for its preparation and a period of mourning.When an individual ascends the throne, he is expected to reign until death, no one has ever abdicated.**

# ***Restrictions by gender and religion***

**In 1900 the Gender Restriction laws were changed and regardless of their gender the firstborn will always remain unless their predecessor changes the successor and must be Roman Catholic, Baptized, Receive Communion, Confirmed and married by the Pope, since 1980 the laws for the consort since his religion does not matter, but since he is not Catholic, the consort will not receive treatment from His Majesty if not from His Royal Highness, the law was changed in 2010 so that homosexuals can govern, this law was changed by the two homosexual children of the Monarch Carlos and Gabriel, 30 and 17, one married and the other engaged, in case they remain as heirs to the throne.**

# ***Title of the Monarch***

**The current full title of the monarch is:**

**His Catholic Majesty King Francis I King of the Vatican states, of all the Vatican, Defender of the Catholic Church, Archduke of Marks, Prince of Emilia-Romagna, Duke of Liguria, Duke of Piedmont, Duke of Valle d'Aosta, Duke of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Duke of Trentino-Alto Adige, Duke of Veneto, Duke of Abruzzos, Duke of Puglia, Duke of Basilicata, Duke of Campania, Duke of Molise, Marquis of Ancona, Marquis of Ascoli Piceno, Marquis of Fermo , Marques de Maserata, Marques de Pesaro Urbino, Count of Bologna, Count of Ferrara, Count of Forli-Cesena, Count of Modena, Count of Parma, Count of Plasencia, Count of Ravenna, Count of Reggio Emilia, Count of Rimini, Viscount of Genoa, Viscount of Imperia, Viscount of La Spezia, Viscount of Savona, Viscount of Turin, Viscount of Alessandria, Viscount of Asti, Viscount of Biella, Viscount of Cuneo, Viscount of Novara, Viscount of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Vercelli, Baron de Aosta, Baron de Saint-Vincent, Baron de Châtillon, Baron de Sarre, Baron de Pont-Saint-Martin, Baron de Quart, Baron de Gorizia, Baron de Pordenone, Baron de Trieste, Baron de Udine, Baron de Trento, Baron de Bolzano, Baron de Venice, Baron de Belluno , Baron of Padua, Baron of Rovigo, Baron of Treviso, Baron of Verona, Baron of Vicenza, Baronet of Chieti, Baronet of L'Aquila, Baronet of Pescara, Baronet of Teramo, Baronet of Bari, Baronet of Barletta Andria Trani, Baronet of Brindisi, Baronet of Foggia, Baronet of Lecce, Baronet of Taranto, Baronet of Matera, Baronet of Potenza, Lord of Naples, Lord of Avellino, Lord of Benevento, Lord of Caserta, Lord of Salerno and Lord of Campobasso and Isernia.**

**These same titles apply to the consort, but in the female or male version, if the consort is not Catholic, the consort only receives the title of His Royal Highness.**