Roman Catholic Church in Vatican City

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Sant'Anna in Vaticano (Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri), parish church of the Vatican since 1929

The Roman Catholic Church in the Vatican City since the founding of Vatican City from 1929 includes a community of less than 1,000 inhabitants, by virtue of their office, as employees of the Vatican or with special permission of the Pope on the 0.44-square-kilometer territory of Vatican City live .

As a result of Pius XI. In connection with the reorganization of the Papal State, it is no longer subject to the Cardinal Vicar (official name: Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome ) in ecclesiastical and religious leadership , but to a separate, today so-called Vicar General for the Vatican City , whose tasks initially were the Prefect of the Apostolic sacristy, each a member of the Augustinian order , with the rank of titular bishop . Its jurisdiction also extended to the Lateran Palace , Castel Gandolfo and the local Villa Barberini and Villa Cybo, but not to the Basilica of Saint Peter. In 1991 John Paul II rescinded the office of Apostolic Sacristan and transferred the General Vicariate for the Vatican City to the Archpriest of Saint Peter , at the same time excluding the jurisdiction for the Lateran Palace from the jurisdiction and handing it over to the General Vicar of the Diocese of Rome. In 1995 Angelo Comastri , coadjutor of the Archpriest of St. Peter, received the General Vicariate for the Vatican City, which was founded in 2005 by Benedict XVI. was confirmed in office and appointed Archpriest of St. Peter.

As the parish church of the Vatican, Pius XI. the church of Sant'Anna in Vaticano (traditionally: Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri or Parafrenieri ), which is cared for by Augustinians and is located at Porta Sant'Anna, the main entrance to the Vatican on the eastern wall of the Vatican. The church was built around 1570 by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola on behalf of the arch brotherhood of the Palafrenieri ("grooms"), whose members until recently held the office of papal litter-bearers and still accompany high-ranking visitors to the papal audiences. Due to the conversion of their church to the papal parish church, the brotherhood moved in 1932 to the church of Santa Caterina della Rota in the Regola district .

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  1. ↑ Per la cura spirituale nella città del Vaticano : Letter from John Paul II of January 14, 1991