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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

Letter, Nazi dagger rekindle debates over wartime role of Pope Pius XII

Sep 18, 2023
Crux Staff

Holocaust memorial chairman thanks pope for opening archives

Jun 9, 2022
Frances D'Emilio

Vatican’s Pius XII archives begin to shed light on WWII pope

Jun 7, 2022
Nicole Winfield

Corrected history: Authors debunk myths tied to church controversies

Jun 22, 2020
Carol Glatz

Polish historian questions German researcher’s claims about wartime pope

May 1, 2020
Jonathan Luxmoore

Pope Pius XII conducted a covert war against the Nazis during World War II, according to a US book author. (CNS photo courtesy of Libreria Editrice Vaticana)

With Pius XII, the ‘why’ is more important than ‘what’, expert says

Mar 6, 2020
Elise Ann Allen

Vatican sees intense interest in opening of Pius XII archive

Feb 20, 2020
Nicole Winfield

Pius XII faces moment of truth as opening of Vatican archives nears

Feb 19, 2020
Elise Ann Allen

Open source: Vatican wartime archives ready for new batch of scholars

Jan 19, 2020
Carol Glatz