The Vatican is set to open the secret archives of Pope Pius XII, the World War II-era pope whose record during the Holocaust has come under intense scrutiny. The archive will be opened on March 2.
Historian Yvonnick Denoël delves into recently declassified documents for his book 'Vatican Spies', revealing an intricate ...
(JTA) — The Vatican secret archive relating to controversial Holocaust-era Pope Pius XII will be opened next year. Pope Francis made the announcement at an audience with managers and staff of ...
The Vatican Archives Papal Letters Registers on CD-ROM consist of digital image reproductions of the manuscript registers of papal letters housed in the Archivio Segreto Vaticano. The registers ...
The Vatican itself has long insisted that Pius ... The Church opened its secret files on Pius’s archives to historians in 2020, but by publishing its Jewish-related files online, it opens ...
Curiously, it was Italy’s Jews who first led me to work in the Vatican archives and triggered my interest in papal politics. A colleague of mine, Steve Hughes, an American historian of Italy, asked me ...
A year and a half after two private citizens filed a criminal complaint against a Vatican official investigating a ...
The Vatican says he worked behind the scenes to try to protect Jews. Jewish groups, which have been calling for full access to the archives for years, have welcomed the move. Pope Francis said the ...
The Vatican Film Library is open to all members of the Saint ... must be directed to the libraries or archives that hold the original materials. See: ...
The Vatican City State has toughened sanctions for those who try to illegally enter its territory in areas where free access is not allowed. In a decree issued last month by the Holy See ...