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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 Vatican leaks scandal, also known as Vatileaks and Vati-Leaks, is a scandal beginning in 2012 initially involving leaked Vatican documents, exposing corruption.Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi published letters from Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò in which he exposed corruption that caused the Holy See to pay increased prices for contracts.
The Vatican has been trying for years to debunk the idea that its vaunted secret archives are all that secret: It has opened up the files of controversial World War II-era Pope Pius XII to ...
There are several theories about the contents of the Vatican Apostolic Archives: some theories claim that they contain secret information about the Priory of Sion, proof that Jesus had a wife and descendants, [7] secret information about the third secret of the Fatima, the real Spear of Destiny, secret information about the Holy Grail and/or ...
He was appointed Vice-Prefect of the Vatican Secret Archives by Pope John Paul II on 30 January 1995, and a few days later he was appointed Vice-Director of the Vatican School of Paleography, Diplomatics and Archives Administration. From 1989 to 2001, he was Director of the Historical Studies Centre of the Barnabite Fathers of Rome.
The Vatican Secret Archives (Latin: Archivum Secretum Vaticanum), located in Vatican City, is the central repository for all of the acts promulgated by the Holy See. The Pope of the Roman Catholic Church , having primal incumbency until death, owns the archives until the next appointed Papal successor.
Giovanni Mercati was born in Villa Gaida, Reggio Emilia, to a devout Christian family.He was the second of four brothers, the elder and third brothers were also priests, as was his uncle, Giuseppe Mercati, who served as a pastor in Castellarano.
On 25 June 1894, Galimberti was named head of the Vatican Secret Archives. He was considered a possible future pope. [1] He died from a throat ailment in Rome on 7 May 1896 at the age of 60. [1] [3] [a] He was interred in the chapel of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith in Rome's Campo Verano cemetery.