In 1999, the population of Vatican City was estimated to be around 1,000 people. The population was mainly composed of clergy and other religious personnel. The economy of Vatican City was based on donations from the Catholic Church and foreign governments, as well as income from investments, tourism and the sale of postage stamps and souvenirs. Foreign relations in 1999 saw Vatican City strengthen ties with countries in Europe such as Italy, France and Germany. It also had diplomatic relations with other countries such as the United States, China and Japan. Politically, Vatican City was an absolute monarchy with a Pope heading the government. Universal suffrage did not exist in 1999 and elections were not held at this time. The Pope at this time was John Paul II who had been in power since 1978. See ethnicityology for Vatican City in the year of 2018.
Vatican City is an independent city-state located within the city of Rome, Italy. It is the smallest country in the world, with a population of just over 800 people. The majority of its citizens are Catholic clergy, and it is the home of the Pope and the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. Vatican City has its own government, postal service, radio station, newspaper and currency (the Euro). It also has a number of museums and art galleries featuring some of the world’s most famous works of art. The Vatican Gardens are also located within its walls.
Yearbook 1999
Vatican City. Visit Countryaah official website to get information about the capital city of Vatican City. Pope John Paul II opened the golden Jubilee Gate on Christmas Eve, and so began the Catholic Church’s jubilee year, which lasts until the thirteenth weekend in 2001. Then the gate is reopened, to be opened only at the next Jubilee 25 years later. For those who make pilgrimages during the Jubilee year, the road to paradise and the time of the soul are shortened in purgatory. The Pope himself intends to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where he is invited by both the Israeli and Palestinian authorities. The Vatican had promptly asked Rome’s bakers to bake cheering bread during the Jubilee year. The Holy See gave a Belgian company the exclusive right to supply the flour and bread, which is in principle as usual French, but is five times more expensive than others.
- Also see Abbreviationfinder.org to see the acronym of VAT which stands for Vatican and other definitions of this 3-letter abbreviation.
Faithfully, the habit of the Pope diligently raised. He visited during the year, among other things. Asia, USA, Mexico, Romania and its former homeland of Poland. Just before Easter, John Paul II came out with a record entitled “Abba Pater”, where he reads and sings to various forms of newly written music, including hip hop with plenty of electronic sounds. The Jesuit magazine Civiltà cattolica, which is close to the Vatican’s foremost religious interpreter, ruled in a summer editorial that there is no fire in hell. According to the magazine, hell is not a place but a state.
The pope continued his diligent bliss and saint declaration. During his more than 20 years at the Holy See, he has declared saints close to 290 and blessed over 900. This is more than all other popes have accomplished over the past century.
In the presence of the Swedish royal family, half of Sweden’s bishops and other dignitaries Johannes Paulus in the autumn appointed Saint Birgitta and two other saints as the patron saints of Europe. A five meter high marble statue of Saint Birgitta, who came to Rome 650 years ago, was uncovered in a niche on the outside of St. Peter’s Church. Archbishop KG Hammar, who during the service of St. Peter’s Church had the place of honor next to the Pope, preached about Luther, and a black-clad Queen Silvia read from Holy Scripture. It was decided that a dialogue should be resumed between the Catholic Church and the Nordic churches to create a better understanding between them.
The frail 79-year-old John Paul, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, devoted the turn of the millennium to conducting the midnight Mass at the Santa Maria Maggiore Church in Rome.
