Her questions were innocent and he was so used to her asking about the simple things in his world he had forgotten how odd it would sound to outsiders.

"Ah, the Vatican is a city-state, basically the smallest independent state in the world. It's ruled by the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church, one of the major religions in the world," Dino explained, hoping that the only explanation he could think of, that Angela had been incredibly sheltered, would sound believable.