Pope: "oh, there's just someone else I have to introduce you to.." *changes hats and speaks in a different tone* "Hello, I'm the king"

Have you ever noticed that the Pope and King of the Vatican are NEVER in the same room together

0:55 Interesting story here; During the siege of Rome, the pope said that whoever ordered the attack would be excommunicated. With most of the Italian high command being catholic, this proved quite the dilemma. They solved it by finding a random Jewish soldier and promoting him so that he could order it.

Vatican city : 500 people Indian weddings : damn small crowd

Vatican City is a half square mile in land. So technically that means there is 2 popes per square mile

"Do you know the king of the Vatican?" The Pope: "Well, of course I know him. He's me".

4:50 Not quite; the UN only recognizes The Holy See as an observer, it is not a member and never has been. The Holy See has the right to attend UN assemblies as an entity, but it cannot put forward candidates, submit proposals or vote in any manner. The UN does not allow Vatican City membership due to it not supporting its citizens, but it does recognize that The Holy See holds sovereign statehood over Vatican City. And just to make things even more complicated: 2:25 technically the Pope as the bishop of Rome (defined as the lead bishop of the Catholic Church) has his bishop seat (cathedra) in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, outside of the Vatican. Yes he may sit more often on the 'throne' in St. Peter's Basilica but that's not where his official 'seat' is.

I actually circumnavigated Vatican City because of this video. Took about 45 minutes and there isn't a sidewalk for about half of it, making some corners pretty dangerous to walk around. Regardless it was very rewarding and a lot of fun!

"Catholic related jobs" *shows giftshop sign* lmaoo

It was meant to be called "The Holy Seat" but there was a smudge on the paper.

Italy:**exists** Vatican: *Ima pretend I didn’t see that*

Teacher: The test isn't that confusing. The Test:

We were talking about remaining absolute monarchies in my history class, and i said vatican city was one. I could tell nobody believed me 😭

Is there just a "No girls allowed" sign outside the border

we have to watch this for geography class and ive never been happier in my life

"the largest church in the world" According to the Guinness World Records, it is the second-biggest. The largest church in the world is actually the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire with an area of 30,000 square meters (320,000 sq ft). Ironically, it was modeled after Saint Peter's Basilica. Though St. Peter's can accommodate more worshippers at 60K compared to Our Lady of Peace's 18K. Also 3:22 Qatar is NOT an absolute monarchy but rather a semi-constitutional one. However, although the UAE is considered a federal semi-constitutional monarchy, the rulers of each emirate is an absolute monarch

So..if he is King and Pope at the same time, does that mean he could wear TWO fancy hats if he wanted to?

There is one interesting aspect of the Lateran Treaty with regard to citizenship that you forgot to mention: if any Vatican citizen, during the course of his / her work for the Holy See should lose all other citizenship, then upon completion of said work and concurrent loss of Vatican citizenship, said individual is automatically granted Italian citizenship.

A very informative and useful video on the complicated structure of the Vatican. A must watch.

Never thought I'd laugh and enjoy a video about Vatican, since you made a rather fast and sarcastic video and at the same time, a really frankly and realistic one.

if there's The Holy See and where The Unholy Blind

you forgot the fact that its the only country that speaks latin!

Gotta love the colorful stripes of the swiss guard.

I always thought "In the heart of the Holy See" lyrics from the Sabaton song meant it was in the heart of a sea called the Holy Sea.

I walked across St. Peter's Square, which technically means I walked across a country in a few minutes.

5:56 "No, I can't go home, mom. I run the gift shop in the Vatican; I live here now!"

This was an insightful video because I’m reading Angels and Demons by Dan Brown and The Vatican City and it’s descriptive whereabouts appears to be very important in this book and this video helped a lot since I have no real knowledge of the Vatican except the basics (Pope, city of holiness etc). Thanks!

thanks for this video it really helped with my country report project! 💜🙏

One of the best things about this video is that it is perfectly non-controversial. Good job, Grey :)

3:09 the *SEE*eo

Your videos are going to get REAL interesting in a few years when you revisit the Vatican City and the City of London (in London City). REAL interesting.

Within the territory of Vatican City are the Vatican Gardens (Italian: Giardini Vaticani),[58] which account for about half of this territory. The gardens, established during the Renaissance and Baroque era, are decorated with fountains and sculptures. The gardens cover approximately 23 hectares (57 acres). The highest point is 60 metres (197 ft) above mean sea level. Stone walls bound the area in the north, south and west. The gardens date back to medieval times when orchards and vineyards extended to the north of the Papal Apostolic Palace.[59] In 1279, Pope Nicholas III (Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, 1277-1280) moved his residence back to the Vatican from the Lateran Palace and enclosed this area with walls.[60] He planted an orchard (pomerium), a lawn (pratellum), and a garden (viridarium).[60]

Welcome to Vatican City! Where you work for a chair to become a citizen!

the SEEeo.

I’ve been here, it’s beautiful.... did you know they have Mass underground in the catacombs? If you do and know why, you know your history!

Love how you used crater lake's wizard island volcano in your analogy

You forgot to talk about the Vatican City's army, the Swiss guard

There are 2 popes per square kilometer in Vatican

The pope is also the vicar of Christ, one of the most sublime offices one could ever receive.

It's not like as an Italian kid I've been taught this story like a hundred times and yet I'm here

*_Silently wait this to be recomended again when the Vatican Archives raid memes start blowing up on December 24th_*

Here’s another weird State: Andorra, where citizens of a different country elect their co-princes but Andorrans do not

By far the best - the most thorough, the clearest and most accurate - summary concerning The Vatican I have ever heard! One TIIIINY detail that I might perhaps have expressed slightly differently is that while I knew what was meant concerning the dual roles as both chief bishop of the Catholic Church and Sovereign (or King, as was used) of the State, while there are times the latter role is emphasised (such as State visits - both him abroad, and foreign Heads to the Holy See), yet he always remains the Pope. While he is of course technically always both simultaneously, when acting as Pope (so, when attending to Church business, dealing with cardinals etc) the people he comes into contact with him don't treat him like a monarch - he's never "Your Majesty" and while some do briefly genuflect and kiss the ring, a perhaps similar gesture to a bow, it is to show respect towards the representative of Christ on Earth, rather than the Head of State of The Holy See. A very, very minor point, it has to be said!

Another great upload 👌

2:45 I like how the ghost popes even have ghost hats

In German, the word for "The Holy See" is "Der Heilige Stuhl", which could either mean "The Holy Stool" or "The Holy Shit". German is fun.

I'm Italian and I'd never heard about all this stuff... The school system is so strange

Wow...I learned something new. Thank you.

*POPE EXCOMMUNICATES THE KING OF VATICAN CITY...ONLOOKERS CONFUSED*

Regardless if you're Catholic or not, the Vatican is very worth visiting. The Vatican Museum, covering every culture on earth, is one of the ten top museums in the world and has some of the most famous art in the world. Michelangelos La Pieta and the Creation, etc are only a small part of art from all over history and archaeology from around the world.

thank you for this!

I love the Fish Friday at 2:51

The ad before this video was "do you wanna become a priest"

The idea of the Holy See as a corporate person with permanent identity isn't that unusual- The Crown serves this function in UK and Commonwealth constitutional theories, and its roots in the English tradition go back into the deep middle ages. Even earlier, the idea that the monarchy institutionally continued from one ruler to the next, or even in a gap between them, is actually pretty basic stuff. Nor is it meaningfully different, at least as far as this goes, from the continuity of the state in republics.

I appreciate you not using the Mercator projection. (5:11)

Love the video thank you

Grey Industries?? I guess the CEO has a "very singular taste".

The first time a non-cardinal pope was elected was in 1294, after more than 2 years the conclave couldn't decide on a pope so they just elected an old benedictine monk dude, who became Celestine V. He was such a humble dude that he was later canonized, his reign lasted only a few months though because all the cardinals were playing with him (mostly the dude that became the next pope after him) and abusing the fact he has no idea about politics since he was a monk. He was the first pope in history to resign. After he resigned Boniface VIII the next pope inprisoned him because he feared the people who supported Celestine V might establish him as an antipope (even though he didn't want to become a pope in the first place) and the poor old dude died 2 years after.

brilliantly well done.

1:19 Have anyone else noticed that the headline "Italy to Pope" is upside down on the backside of the paper

I'm a student of international law in Buenos Aires, Argentina. When I had to study this messy situation, I found this video which is a very useful tool to understand the basics. Thanks for the amazing job!

5:41 My school has more people than the vatican does

Vatican City's climate is the same as Rome's: a temperate, Mediterranean climate Csa with mild, rainy winters from October to mid-May and hot, dry summers from May to September. Some minor local features, principally mists and dews, are caused by the anomalous bulk of St Peter's Basilica, the elevation, the fountains, and the size of the large paved square.

I love CGP Grey!!!!!

"Elected absolute monarchy" *polish lithuanian commonwealth intensifies*

Because the Vatican City is .44 square km, and it contains the pope, it has approximately 2 popes per square kilometer, or a pope-ulation density of 2.27.

I love this channel.

What a nice explanation 😃

Wow this was informative really informative. So Walmart should get some land and call it Walmartia and then all the Walmart employees could be called martians.

So many haters always hating on Catholics yet we're always the ones that are falsely called haters..

AWESOME job, tx!

I thoroughly enjoy your Pope/Vatican theme music!

so what you're telling me is....... a chair runs the vatican city and gives people passports?

as a catholic, thank you for allowing me to talk to my grandparents properly

3:27 *Laughs in Spainish*

Great Video 👍

0:07 The Vatican is literally invisible due to the dot of the letter "i" in the subtitles

If i was the pope king dude i would take advantage of it and build a fucking parking garage.

Great explanation

I used to wonder how the Vatican came into being.... Very informative video

certain terms are confusing but can be cleared up: Vatican City: Territory that belongs to the Holy See, the remains of what used to be the Papal States Holy See: The episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome (aka, the Pope), also, the Pope and the Holy See are considered to be one in the same. Foreign Governments do not have ambassadors to the Vatican, they have ambassadors to the Holy See. Roman Curia: The administrative body of the Holy See (Government of the Roman Catholic Church)

Im studying italian culture and european history in italy for a month. Today we had a 3 hour class about the history and inner workings of the vatican and the holy see. This video taught me more than that class.

I love your brutal honesty. You think outside of the box. Great analogy! I bet that many people disagree with your frank analysis

WaltDisneyWorld is similar to, but more fun than, the Vatican, in that it is located in cities which are owned and run by the Disney Corporation. DisneyWorld, near Orlando, is in Reddy Creek, Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista which are political subdivisions - a district and two cities - of Florida which are part of the Disney Corp, run by whomever Disney names.

Look into how the co-heads of state of the tiny mountain nation of Andorra are chosen...

There are female citizens of Vatican city though, there are 30 nuns who are citizens.

thank you for explaining this to my followers

Very informative

Fun fact: there is one Pope for every 0.17 miles of land in Vatican City. The highest density of Popes per capita of anywhere in the world! Also Vatican City has the highest crime rate of any country in the world. Coincidence?

no you have it wrong the papal state took over the world in 1792 eu4 told me so

At 2:39, glad you used a book accurate Iron Throne.

Could you maybe possibly do a video explaining the history of the papal states and its neighbors in brief?

I won my first ever civ 4 game by this method. Not because of my population, but because of all the religion across the globe. No one started wars or bullied me because they all followed religions I founded and spread. I ended up being voted into the UN and elected leader because of this, thus getting the diplomatic victory.

sooo...christianity is run by a fancy chair

I got a buddy who I play a mobile game with and he claims to live in Vatican city, from what he explained to me it just completely intrigued me. Been watching videos for hours on the city 🤣

Grey; got it? Me: yes got it the first time but came back cause it’s amusing to me Gray: No? Well here’s an analogy

I really hope that the border to the Vatican says: Vatican City Because: Mussolini

4:15 "Give me Wizard Island. Oregon doesn't need it" Being from Oregon made me crack up. 2 fold since I've been to crater lake many times...

Great video.

Nice informative video