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| | CONK! Encyclopedia: Vatican_City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | The monarch is the Pope, elected for a life term in conclave by cardinals under the age of 80. |
 | | A committee of 15 cardinals, chaired by the Secretary of State, has final oversight authority over all financial matters of the Holy See, including those of the Institute for Works of Religion, the Vatican bank. |
 | | The Vatican City, one of the European microstates, is situated on the Vatican Hill in the north-western part of Rome, several hundred metres west of the Tiber river, on the latter's right bank. |
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