The History of the Vatican City Crisis

The negotiations for the settlement of what became known as the Roman question started in 1926. This is where Vatican City begins to transform into an actual vaccination state, as our pal Vongoban would say. The Pope didn't recognize the supremacy of the kings of Italy and their right to rule Rome. They refused to get out of their hidey hole behind those walls in Vatican City. So it really did become kind of like a bunker, like a compound,. Where they were able to kind of seek refuge, you know, and be quite isolated.