Editing Vatican City (section)

=== Lateran treaties ===
{{Main|Lateran Treaty}}

This situation was resolved on 11 February 1929, when the [[Lateran Treaty]] between the Holy See and the Kingdom of Italy was signed by [[Prime Minister of Italy|Prime Minister and Head of Government]] [[Benito Mussolini]] on behalf of King [[Victor Emmanuel III]] and by [[Cardinal Secretary of State]] [[Pietro Gasparri]] for [[Pope Pius XI]].<ref name="Preamble">{{Cite web |title=Preamble of the Lateran Treaty |url=https://www.vaticanstate.va/content/dam/vaticanstate/documenti/leggi-e-decreti/Normative-Penali-e-Amministrative/LateranTreaty.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010175158/https://www.vaticanstate.va/content/dam/vaticanstate/documenti/leggi-e-decreti/Normative-Penali-e-Amministrative/LateranTreaty.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2017 |access-date=21 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="lateran" /><ref name="Statute">{{Cite web |title=Patti lateranensi, 11 febbraio 1929 – Segreteria di Stato, card. Pietro Gasparri |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/archivio/documents/rc_seg-st_19290211_patti-lateranensi_it.html#TRATTATO_FRA_LA_SANTA_SEDE_E_L%E2%80%99ITALIA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119131557/http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/archivio/documents/rc_seg-st_19290211_patti-lateranensi_it.html#TRATTATO_FRA_LA_SANTA_SEDE_E_L%E2%80%99ITALIA |archive-date=19 January 2021 |access-date=5 April 2020 |website=The Holy See}}</ref> The treaty, which was ratified<ref name="Ekpo 2024 8" /> and took effect on 7 June 1929,<ref name="Lateran Treaty" /> established the independent state of Vatican City and reaffirmed the special status of Catholic Christianity in Italy.<ref name=Statute/>