Inside Vatican City, the home of Pope Leo, lies a vast collection of Indigenous artifacts and cultural objects that some ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has been trying for years to debunk the idea that its vaunted secret archives are ... primarily via “Treasures of History,” a new U.S.-based foundation that ...

The initiative seeks to preserve unique documents and facilitate worldwide access to this treasure of the Church.

in which “secret” is more akin to “private”. However, there is a treasure trove of classified materials at the Archive, located in Vatican City. As such, speculation has persisted over the ...

Some of these treasures are over 2,000 years old, and the Vatican has held them for five centuries. The vastness of the Vatican Library really can’t be overstated. Besides over two million ...

Phone signals in Vatican City will be cut throughout the duration ... Ahead of the notoriously secret procedure to elect Pope Francis's successor, which will begin on Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican ...

Because the Vatican has published comparatively little over the centuries about its finances and investments, most people don't know how it makes money as a sovereign city-state with its own economy.

But would-be thieves, treasure hunters, time travellers or Dan Brown-style conspiracy theorists trying to enter the Vatican City illegally, or enter sections where free access is not allowed ...

Just walk in and explore the city’s treasure. Here’s what ... glimpses of the Papal Apartments, secret archives, and beautiful gardens. Though Vatican City has around 800 citizens, most ...