Saint John's Tower (Vatican City) Saint John's Tower (Vatican City) Saint John's Tower () is a round structure located on a hilltop in the westernmost tip of Vatican City, near Vatican Radio and overlooking the Vatican Gardens. The Medieval tower is located along an ancient wall built by Pope Nicholas III, but it fell into disuse at the beginning of the 16th century. It was rebuilt by Pope John XXIII in the early 1960s. In modern times, the Tower houses papal apartments used by popes when maintenance work is being done on the Apostolic Palace and also is reserved for illustrious guests of the Pontiffs.
Inside the Vatican Inside the Vatican Inside the Vatican is a monthly magazine relating to issues within the Roman Curia, at the Vatican in Rome, which is at the very heart of the Roman Catholic Church and Christianity as a whole. "Inside the Vatican" is published ten times a year, having begun its first publication in April 1993. The magazine has an editorial office in Front Royal, VA. It claims a readership of 17,500 and a circulation of 15,000, primarily in the US and Canada. The magazine attempts to fully analyze the impact of the Holy See in the modern world and its