On this day - 7 June
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
Vatican City becomes an independant state
Throughout the 1800s tensions rose between Italy and the Papal states, as the Pope resisted integration of the Papal states into the new united Italy. The sovereign rights of the pope became known as the Roman Question and were a hotly contested topic.
Several years of negotiations led to the writing of the Lateran Pacts. These were agreed by the Pope and the Italian government. On June 7th 1929 the terms agreed in the Lateran Pacts were ratified and Vatican City became an independent state.
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