Doors leading to the Salone Sistino, a reading room for printed books in the Vatican Apostolic Library (via Vatican Library) What happens when a wide swath of history — previously only explored by ...

VATICAN CITY — Dealing with bug infestations, normal wear and tear and even the occasional thief, keepers of the 15th-century Vatican Apostolic Library face an ever-challenging task. Their latest step ...

More than 80,000 ancient manuscripts from the Vatican Library will be restored and digitized thanks to an agreement with the Colnaghi Foundation. The initiative seeks to preserve unique documents and ...

ROME — For the almost two decades Paul Weston worked in the Vatican library, he was asked to reveal the truth about the Vatican hiding the Ark of the Covenant, a legend that has had long legs despite ...

WASHINGTON — The Museum of the Bible is inviting visitors to immerse themselves in the beauty of the ancient tradition of pilgrimage with a fresh look at the seven pilgrim churches of Rome through a ...

On November 14, 2024, French-Lebanese pianist and composer Omar Harfouch made history in the Vatican Apostolic Library, one of the most sacred repositories of human knowledge. For the first time in ...