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New book explores deep roots of Jesuit role in current crisis

Mar 20
Chris Altieri

Prefect of the Archivio Apostolico Vaticano, Bishop Sergio Pagano speaks in his office at The Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, during an interview with The Associated Press. In a new book-length interview with Italian journalist Massimo Franco, “Secretum”, Pagano divulges some of the unknown or behind-the-scenes details of well-known sagas of the Holy See and its relations with the outside world over the past 12 centuries. From Napoleon’s sacking of the archive in 1810 to the Galileo affair and the peculiar conclave of 1922 that was financed almost entirely by donations from U.S. Catholics. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

The keeper of the Vatican’s secrets is retiring. Here’s what he wants you to know

Feb 20
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Rio archdiocese works to preserve city’s centuries-old churches

Apr 17, 2023
Eduardo Campos Lima

Burundi prepares to mark 125 years of Christianity

Mar 25, 2023
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Roman shrine uncovered beneath cathedral graveyard in central England

Mar 9, 2023
Associated Press

Unearthing Native American history on a Maryland island

Nov 14, 2022
Dana Hedgpeth

Christian monastery possibly pre-dating Islam found in UAE

Nov 3, 2022
Jon Gambrell

Thomas Cahill, popular history writer, dead at 82

Oct 28, 2022
Associated Press

Greek monastery manuscripts tell new story of Ottoman rule

Oct 21, 2022
Costas Kantouris

Oldest public library in the Americas has Catholic origins

Oct 9, 2022
María Teresa Hernández