虽然这个国家已经准备好迎接教皇本笃十六世9月16日起对英国开始进行国事访问，但是人们的情绪似乎不那么友好。

As the country prepared for the state visit by Pope Benedict XVI due to begin on September 16th, the mood looked surly.

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尽管现今的教皇生于德国，许多梵蒂冈的特征还是反映出这个国家的宗源。

Despite the German origins of the current pope, many features of the Vatican still reflect the country where it is based.

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意大利rai国家电视台播出的视频片断显示，一名身穿红色连帽衫的女子越过木围栏，冲向教皇，随后被保镖们包围了。

Footage aired on Italy's RAI state TV showed a woman dressed in a red, hooded sweat shirt vaulting over the wooden barriers and rushing toward the Pope before being swarmed by bodyguards.

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Their autonomy was assisted by the continuing struggle between popes and Emperors, between church and state, again, a thoroughly unique Western experience.

他们的自治权是在君主和教皇的争斗中,国家与教堂的战争中促成的,这又是一次西方文明独特的经历

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Strong enough to interfere with the ambitions of emperors and kings, it never was able to impose its own domination, though some of the Popes surely tried.

也无法与君主帝王的,雄心壮志相抗衡,宗教是无法统治一个国家的,一些教皇的努力也以失败告终

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