Blessed Teresa: The Nun of Calcutta Is Beatified
On October 19, 2003, Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa in St. Peter's Square, six years after the death of the nun who served Calcutta's poorest.
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The World's Smallest Country Is Born: The Lateran Treaty
On February 11, 1929, a cardinal and a dictator signed a deal in Rome's Lateran Palace that created Vatican City as a sovereign state.
The Day the World's Smallest Country Was Born
On June 7, 1929, the Lateran Treaty's ratification took full effect, ending a 59-year standoff and creating Vatican City as an independent state.