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The use of the word secret in the former title, "Vatican Secret Archive", does not denote the modern meaning of confidentiality. A fuller and perhaps better translation of the archive's former Latin name may be the "private Vatican Apostolic archive", indicating that its holdings are the pope's personal property, not those of any particular department of the Roman Curia or the Holy See.
The conclave of 1939 was the shortest of the 20th century. [1] It was also the last to include all living cardinals. Pacelli was the first Pope born in Rome since Innocent XIII , in 1721, and the first member of the Roman Curia to become Pontiff since Gregory XVI (1831).
In 2020, the Holy See opened its Vatican Apostolic Archive, previously known as the Vatican Secret Archive, for the period of Pius XII's pontificate (1939–1958). Some issues to be raised on the bilateral agenda are seen by the Holy See also as theological matters, such as anti-Semitism and Holocaust revisionism and denial .
The Vatican Apostolic Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Italian: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, [1] is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City, and is the city-state's national library. It was formally established in 1475, although it is much ...
In February 1939, he received news from his sisters that his mother was dying. On 10 February 1939, Pope Pius XI died. Roncalli was unable to see his mother for the end as the death of a pontiff meant that he would have to stay at his post until the election of a new pontiff: she died on 20 February 1939, during the nine days of mourning for ...
Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus; ... Archives; Association of Vatican Lay Workers; Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State ... 1939. 1940s 1940 1941 1942 ...
The Pontifical Commission was created in 1939 by Pius XII. Laws and regulations proposed by the Commission must be submitted to the Pope through the Secretariat of State prior to being made public and taking effect. [1] Laws, regulations, and instructions enacted by the Commission are published in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis. [2]
In September 1939, the Palatine Guard numbered 500 men; by the liberation of Rome in June 1944 the corps had grown to 2,000 men. Later the Corps returned to its smaller size, and to chiefly ceremonial duties. It was abolished on 14 September 1970 by Pope Paul VI.