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Vaticanology

noun

  1. the study of the politics, decisions and functioning of the Vatican, Holy See, and Roman Catholic Church
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Vatican + -ology, coined by British Catholic theologian Charles Davis in 1957 in analogy to Kremlinology.

  1. the study of the politics, decisions and functioning of the Vatican