How to Use Vatican in a Sentence

Vatican

noun

• The yellow of the cloak references the color of the flag of Vatican City.
  — Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2025
• Sure, involving lots of women in a Vatican synod is a giant step forward.
  — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
• In what ways was Vatican II thought to be more progressive than the previous ways the church had taught?
  — Literary Hub, 29 May 2025
• Videos of the demonstration showed an array of flags, with one protester waving the flag of Vatican City.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2023
• He was also spotted in Vatican City during the Conclave when the new pope was elected.
  — Marina Watts, People.com, 19 May 2025
• Officials found not to have reported these crimes to Vatican City State police could face up to six months in prison.
  — Anna Gordon, Time, 2 Aug. 2023
• The Philippines is the only country in the world, aside from Vatican City, where divorce is still not allowed.
  — Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
• Rarely in recent times has a Vatican gathering generated as much hope, hype and fear as this three-week, closed-door meeting, known as a synod.
  — Nicole Winfield The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2023
• The 88-year-old pontiff, with a small oxygen hose under his nose, waved to the crowds in Vatican City on a sunny morning.
  — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
• According to a statement from Vatican City, these figures were Raphael’s final pieces.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
• For weeks, the new guards have been training for the solemn occasion in the small courtyard within their small barracks tucked inside Vatican City gates.
  — Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 6 May 2024
• Becciu, who has denied any wrongdoing, was the first cardinal to be tried in Vatican City’s criminal court.
  — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2023
• On this winter’s night, although far from his character’s Vatican setting, Fiennes still cuts a dash in denim and a woolly sweater.
  — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025
• Cabrini suffered ill health throughout much of her life but that never stopped the trailblazer who refused to take no for an answer, even from Vatican City.
  — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
• California fires derailed Biden’s plans for a final foreign trip to Italy and to Vatican City.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
• The timing of the Second Vatican Council has also been corrected.
  — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2025
• When the supreme pontiff — the head of the Catholic Church — dies, cardinals from all over the world gather in Vatican City to vote for a new pope from among their elite group.
  — Eric Andersson, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
• Pharrell Williams and Andrea Bocelli are co-directing a concert set to take place in the heart of Vatican City.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
• At just 510 total acres, Monaco is the second-smallest country in the world, trailing only Vatican City.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2025
• After the pope’s remarks became public, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni acknowledged the backlash to the cleric’s joking use of the slur.
  — Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 29 May 2024
• The extent of that welcome became the most divisive issue during October’s month-long meeting in Vatican City on the direction of the faith.
  — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
• In pale habits, black priests’ vestments, the dark suits of mourners and the stripes of football jerseys, hundreds of thousands gathered in Vatican City this week to mourn Pope Francis.
  — Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
• The move also contrasts with Pope Francis, who said no to moving into the papal apartments when he was ordained in 2013, choosing instead a Vatican guesthouse.
  — Greg Wehner , Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025
• The Second Vatican Council, also known as Vatican II, opened in 1962 as thousands of Catholics gathered to update church practices for a modernizing world, focusing on inclusivity and reconciliation.
  — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2025