The Vatican City State: Good Things Come in Small Packages?

Spanish author and journalist Arturo Perez-Reverte once defined the Vatican City as the smallest, yet more powerful State on Earth. This tiny City State, nested inside Rome, measures only 0.17 square miles, with a population of 840 inhabitants. Yet its ruler, the Pope, holds spiritual, moral and sometimes even political influence over a community of 1.4 Billion Catholics worldwide.
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Hey Simon! Please do a cover of the Jesuit Society. If I'm not mistaken Pope Francis is the first Pope out of the order.

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Should do one on Exorcisms...cause watching Simon go ape shit over people doing crazy stuff would be great.

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So which was it, 300 demons/year or 300 exorcisms/ year only 100 of which were real, the others sent for Psychiatric help??? Or are you saying he completely lied about 300/year over his lifetime and only ACTUALLY witnessed 100 genuine real cases of possession?? You have contradicted yourself.

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I walked the full perimeter of the border walls, just so I can say that I have walked around an entire country.

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I did similar.

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And he does an excellent job! Except pronouncing names sometimes lol. No worries lol

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Geographics And Simon produces new shows every day. The church plays one program for almost 2000 years. Eradication of Polio next?

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Simon doesn't host enough shows.

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History channel should just stream Simon's channels 24/7.

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Same

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That and the Mark Felton channel!!

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it would make them the History channel again

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"He exorcised more than 300 demons a year from his vatican office" My question is "how are they getting into his office?"

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That's what I wanted to know!!

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He was just looking in the mirror 300 times a year

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LOL

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The person who is possessed is brought to his office where the exorcism is performed lol. Also, sometimes more than one demon is removed from a single person. Cheers

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Personal invitation

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Lol, Am I the only one who noticed that they used the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" to introduce the swiss guard at 12:58

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It caught me by surprise, it was either the Mormon Choir or the US Army Field Band.

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I grew up in a non religious household, and personally am pagan, but I've always been fascinated by catholic culture and beliefs. The vatican is towards the top of my travel bucket list

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I was raised Catholic and I’ve always been fascinated by Paganism LOL

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Remember travel? Those were good years.

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The second half is like whoa. It goes from interesting to downright conspiracies in minutes. Great job! Being a bibliophile myself, the secret archives is definitely at the top of my list!

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Simon, since your British, how about a video on the Tower of London? That would be smashing!

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I smashed the button the other day and now Simon owes me a new cell phone!

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Damn, there goes my dream of being a Swiss guard

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Totes do a Biographics on the head exorcist

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I agree with you West Michigan stoners it would be very interesting to learn more about the head exorcist

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yus please

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That guy sounds insane!! how highly do you have to think of yourself to actually believe people will trust you when you say you had people spitting out lumps of iron, nails and radio parts lol! what a massive liar! amazing!

[@roseedge5626]

Which one? They all have interesting stories.

[@chrisdubs121]

I think he did a while ago

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Would love to see a video on that exorcist. It is halloween season after all...

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Do a biography on that demon hunter dude!

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Is it true you prefer to speak Latin, Simon?

[@lagitanavderoscio]

Please do careful, responsible research when you do "Pope Joan".

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@@lagitanavderoscio , Nah, I talk the common English!😁😁😁😁

[@lagitanavderoscio]

Father Amorth

[@YankeeBigBird]

@@lagitanavderoscio I did a cursory search of that "Father Amorth"...LOL! Yeah the demon Hunter! I forgot what his name was. I'll just wait for the Biographics episode to come out. They got entertaining Writers and a pleasant Host to deliver the goods.

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Please give us a biographics on exorcist cardinal

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This was absolutely brilliant! A Bio on the head exorcist dude sounds pretty boss.

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YES. I'd love to see a biographics on the exorcist.

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Yasssss

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Could you cover the Kremlin? It's such a beautiful building.

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i wouldn`t call it a building, really

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what do you want him to cover it in?

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@@BrianSmith-vl7xu an iron curtain would be nice.

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@@ElijsDima lol well played ;)

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@Sam Bacon than a complex?

[@digapygmy70]

I went to a catholic high school, where we'd have mass once a month. One time, a girl put the communion host in her pocket instead of eating it, because she was sick and didn't want to end up vomiting, but she got in so much trouble. It was baffling for all of us who didn't know it was such a BFD.

[@michaelhowell2326]

This was pretty damn cool. I love theocratic history. Could you cover the Palace of the Dalai Lama?

[@Hooibeest2D]

Potala palace in Lhasa is not and was not the palace of the Dalai Lama. He doesn't own things.

[@michaelhowell2326]

@@Hooibeest2D then why do the monks when searching for the Dalai Lama ask the new potential reincarnation to pick out items that used to belong to said spirit? The property doesn't belong to the person but to the office. Such as the Pope owning the Vatican or the Queen owning the Crown Jewels.

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Yes please do a biography on the head exorcist

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Love everything you do Simon, on all channels.

[@lagitanavderoscio]

As a Catholic, this episode is informative and interesting.

[@lagitanavderoscio]

Thanks, Geographics

[@skarbythehillside5517]

He's incorrect on some dogmas like papal infallibility. This probably stems from the Church's way of defining dogma when people start disagreeing with the Church. Some see this is creating dogma when that just isn't true.

[@jiminicrikett]

Yes please, do a biography on the exorcist that you mentioned in the video!

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I mean the chief exorcist for the Catholic Church? Yeah I’d like to know a bit more about that guy

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300 guards eh I will call the Spartans

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Video isn’t long enough! Thought it could get a follow up, perhaps a part 2 !??? Idk. This was definitely hella interesting! Thank you for sharing this & the other awesome, informative videos 👍👍👍😉✌🏼👌🏼👏🏼

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I would absolutely enjoy a video on him. Get that going please!

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Well thank you for watching :)

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He uses all his leg power on "Business Blaze"

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Loved it! I'd love to see a video about the Edinburgh royal mile and the underground city (and Mary Kings Close)

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Yeah that's a good idea, its terrible being Scottish and yet not know much about that lol my parents got a guided tour on the underground and thought it was really good, me and partner fancy going some time

[@SarahBent]

Teethgrinder 83 there aren't any documentaries on here about it either. Not good ones.

[@teethgrinder83]

@@SarahBent yeah I watch quite a lot of documentaries but now you mention it I've never noticed any in general about the underground of Edinburgh or the royal mile for that matter although I'm sure there must be, it's not something that occurred to me before. Well let's hope Geographics take note lol

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Thank you for your vids, Dr. Venture.

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A video on Amorth would be great.

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Great vid, O Blessed Simon - yes I want the chief exorcist guy thing please

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Excellent video Simon!!

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Outstanding as always ! I'd love to see a geographics feature on the fushimi inari shrine in kyoto and maybe even the Venkateswara temple in Tirupati , India

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Gabrielle Amorth! Biography please!

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Yes, please!

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Nice quote by Pérez-Reverte at the beginning. Keep up the great work, guys!

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2:10 "Pope Julius summoned Raphael and Michelangelo to rome, who brought along with them Leonardo and Donatello. The four of them, with some guidance from Splinter, then proceeded to wage war against Shredder and his Foot clan, eventually driving them out of the region."

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I used to watch the documentaries about this on Saturday mornings while eating my Fruit Pebbles.

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Do not apologize for informing & educating us of our world and the institutions of our lives. Thank You, once again.

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yes we would like to hear more about father Gabrele amorth

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While stationed in Japan at MCAS Iwakuni, I had the good fortune of seeing Pope John Paul II when he can to Hiroshima in Dec 1980. Short fellow. Got some great pictures of him up close.

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Love you, my new favourite, so educational.

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Well Done ! You gave it a good go !

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Anyone who doesn't have subtitles on when watching a Simon Whistler video is missing a trick.

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Ooh yes pls.. Do a video on Him 😁

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Who

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Enjoyed it..Thank you🌹

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Very Well Done!!!

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The Vatican rules can't be changed so sayth the spider

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what do you mean ? +

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It's a reference to a South Park episode

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@@RAS_Squints thank you,

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i want a Biographics on the person that earled up radio components.

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Another excellent show!

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Great job Simon

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I still want a Biographics on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, but that’s just the Lutheran in me.🤷‍♂️

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I'm not Lutheran, but I think in our current political climate, the story of Bonhoeffer's life would be very instructive.

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I would love that too!

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yes do a biographics on that exorcist dude.

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@simonwhistler, the video was not long enough! Great Job.

[@isisbathory]

Yes!!! First time watching a video on this channel and I love it, and would love to see a video about Fr Amorth please

[@EmilyJelassi]

Fascinating video! I'd love for you to do a part two. A video on the Kremlin would be very interesting

[@historiculgeomocule5569]

Great things can come in small packages. Vatican City has kilotons of treasures in less than a square kilometer. The history isn't something to scoff at either!

[@galenhaugh3158]

Their bank holds $trillions of embezzled funds. Sounds like a demon's paradise!

[@debbiejones7269]

I'm not religious, but being allowed access to the archives would be a dream come true. So much history! Unfortunately the rules on access are very strict and I don't qualify 😥

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Loved it Simon

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I would enjoy a biographic on him! Also, geographics is quickly becoming my favorite of these channels

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Should you do a biographics video on the guy that does all the exorcisms? HELL yes!!!

[@tibfulv]

"Father, I have sinned. I have planned to assassinate the pope."

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

The planning isn’t a sin only the actual (bad pun) execution of the plan is a sin.

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@@prepperjonpnw6482 actually, the catholic church believes if you plan to sin but are prevented to do so by external circumstances then you still committed that sin in your heart and it needs to be confessed

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Mike Murphy lol is operating nazi ratlines a sin then?

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Your channels have taught me so much about history. There's some other stuff I want to know about that I haven't seen any good videos on from any of the history channels I watch on KZbin. Geographics seems like a good place for it. Could you do a video on Baghdad during the Arab Empire (634-880), Babylon, and Persia? A Biographics of Nebuchadnezzar would be neat too.

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This was a very enjoyable and educational video. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you.

[@geographicstravel]

Thanks for watching.

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oh hell yeah do a vid on the exorcist guy

[@Heyitsaddie23]

YES DO A VIDEO ON THE EXORCIST DUDE!!! Ps love the content as always!!

[@tracym9225]

This was really good. I would like to see more on the Archives and Exorcism parts. Very interesting.

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What a great way to start a day, a Geographics marathon....probably work with any of the other channels as well! 😉 Looking forward to see many more videos in the future!

[@geographicstravel]

Thanks :)

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I definitely want a video on the chief exorcist! And one on the Swiss guard murder, honestly.

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Alright, Pope S. Joan biographic video coming up soon, great!

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I loved😍 this one, but couldn't you have done part 1, part 2, etc.?

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Definitely do that biographics video

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I'm with Keoni Bird. Do a biography on "That Demon Hunter Dude!" Ha.

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I have been there. Hated every moment. So crowded. Couldn't hear anything.

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Sounds like Alan Partridge talking about his hate of London 🤣👍

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Random comment but I love how portugal is being mentioned more a more often these past couple years. I find it quite surprising but being of Portuguese blood I can’t help but feel a sense of pride whenever I hear a youtuber mention my country out of the blue. Great videos btw and cheers mate keep up the good work.

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Great video I went to the Vatican this September!!!

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:50 - Chapter 1 - A brief history of the vatican 8:40 - Chapter 2 - The vatican institutions 13:05 - Chapter 3 - The smallest army in the world 16:45 - Chapter 4 - The secrets of the vatican 22:20 - Chapter 5 - Little known facts on well known art

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18:21 these documents will be fully declassified on March 2, 2020.

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I'm from the future. Were they?

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@@andrewespinoza7108 absolutely!

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Love this series! If I could click like multiple times I would. Clarification: and make them all count.

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Very good!

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There is no escape from Simon it seems. He’s everywhere on KZbin! 😆😆😆 Maybe do a video on Tristan Da Cunha?

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"Good things come in small packages" is that a catholic priest joke?

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MattChez oof

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I don't get it

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*Badum-bum-bum-tshhh*...?

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@@thatsyou3321 Children are small.

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Awesome!

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Pieta? Oh my god I thought you said piñata.

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6:16 The current pope is simply Francis. He won’t become Francis I until there’s a Francis II.

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Shat my pants 16:54. Thanks Simon. -_-

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LOL me too!

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Let's hear about those demons!

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I love it not long at all. You keep me occupied while I work from home😁

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Good job! Yes! Doing a biographical story of Amoth would be great!