来自拉丁语mons Vaticanus,罗马山，教皇所在之地，词源同vatic,预言的。

1. The president had an audience with the Pope in the Vatican.

总统在梵蒂冈谒见了教皇。

2. The Vatican's teaching on abortion is clear: it is a sin.

罗马教廷对堕胎的教义非常清楚：这是罪过。

3. Mexico is a secular state and does not have diplomatic relations with the Vatican.

墨西哥是个世俗国家，和梵蒂冈没有外交关系。

4. The Vatican successfully mediated in a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile in 1984.

梵蒂冈成功地调解了1984年阿根廷与智利之间的领土争端。

5. Normally the Vatican does not intervene in the internal affairs of religious orders except in cases of disputed elections.

除非涉及一些有争议的选举，罗马教廷一般不会干预各教派的内部事务。