Overview of the role of the Catholic Church in Italy
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Catholic Church in Italy
Italian: Chiesa cattolica in Italia
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, the cathedra seat of the Pope as Primate of Italy.
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Catholic
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Latin
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Episcopal Conference of Italy
Pope
Francis
President
Matteo Maria Zuppi
Primate
Pope Francis
Apostolic Nuncio
Emil Paul Tscherrig
Region
Italy, Vatican City
Language
Italian, Latin
Headquarters
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
Founder
Apostles Peter and Paul
Origin
1st century Rome, Roman Empire
Members
57,000,000
Official website
Episcopal Conference of Italy
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The Italian Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Italy, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome, under the Conference of Italian Bishops. The pope serves also as Primate of Italy and Bishop of Rome. In addition to Italy, two other sovereign states are included in Italian dioceses: San Marino and the Vatican City. There are 225 dioceses in the Catholic Church in Italy, see further in this article and in the article List of Catholic dioceses in Italy.
The pope resides in the Vatican City, enclaved in Rome. Having been a major center for Christian pilgrimage since the Roman Empire, Rome is commonly regarded as the "home" of the Catholic Church, since it is where Saint Peter settled, ministered, served as bishop, and died.[1] His relics are located in Rome along with Saint Paul's, among many other saints of Early Christianity.
Owing to the Italian Renaissance, church art in Italy is extraordinary, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Fra Carnevale, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Sandro Botticelli, Tintoretto, Titian, Raphael, and Giotto, etc.
Italian church architecture is equally spectacular and historically important to Western culture, notably St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Cathedral of St. Mark's in Venice, and Brunelleschi's Florence Cathedral, which includes the "Gates of Paradise" doors at the Baptistery by Lorenzo Ghiberti.
The status of the Catholic Church as the sole official religion in Italy ended in 1985, with the renegotiation of the Lateran Treaty.
^"Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles". newadvent.org. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
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