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In 2007,theVatican City became the first carbon-neutral State in the world.

It planted a forest on land that it owns in Hungary to offset its carbon usage.

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The ATM in the Vatican Bank has instructions in Latin (among other languages). Latin is the universal language of the Roman Catholic Church.

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How to: elect a new pope

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w I ■ Immediately after the death of a pope, the 120 most senior cardinals in the Catholic Church come to the Vatican to elect a successor.

W ■ The straw creates black smoke, which means that voting continues. When at last a pope is elected, a Chemical is bumed to give white smoke.

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w mm ■ If no candidate receives a two thirds majority, the ballot papers are bumed in a special stove (above) with a handful of straw.

w m The new pope is led on to the balcony overlooking Saint Peter’s Square. The senior Cardinal announces “Habemus Papam" (“We have a pope”)

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