The Lateran Treaty was a landmark agreement signed in 1929 between the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy See, resolving the "Roman Question" that had plagued Italian-Vatican relations for decades. It established Vatican City as an independent sovereign state and recognized Catholicism as Italy's state religion, profoundly shaping the relationship between church and state in Italy.
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