Mexico is a secular state and does not have diplomatic relations with the Vatican.

墨西哥是个非宗教国家，和梵蒂冈没有外交关系。

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Were it not for the Vatican, this pimple would be the world's smallest independent state.

要不是世界上有个梵蒂冈，这颗小疙瘩肯定是世界上最小的独立国家。

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Many favour the so-called “Vatican option” whereby Palestine would become an “observer state”: not a full member, but at least no longer a mere “entity”.

很多人赞成所谓的“梵蒂冈选择”，这样巴勒斯坦将成为“观察国”：不是正式成员国，但是至少不再仅仅是个“实体”。

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Although Pope Benedict has criticised many aspects of modern pop culture, he now allows the newspaper of the tiny independent Vatican state to reflect the reality of the world outside in a way that would have been unthinkable in the days of Pope Paul VI who reigned during heyday of The Beatles.

BBC: Vatican 'forgives' John Lennon

Originally, the prosecutor had raised other possible charges of conspiracy, crimes against the Vatican City State, defamation and revealing state secrets (all Vatican employees are required to swear an oath of secrecy regarding everything they see and learn in the course of their duties).

BBC: Vatican trial: Verdict due for Pope's ex-butler Gabriele

The Holy See is the supreme government of the Roman Catholic Church, which operates from the independent territory of the Vatican City State in Rome.

BBC: Jimmy Savile