Archives Director: Pius XII Files Ready in 5 Years [Zenit]

[Catholic_Press]

Says No Mysteries or Surprises Expected

LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands, MARCH 2, 2010 (Zenit.org).- According to the prefect of the Vatican Secret Archives, the documents from Pope Pius XII’s pontificate might be catalogued and ready for researchers in five years.

There are some 16 million documents from the 1939-1958 pontificate. They have generated great interest due to the polemics surrounding Pius XII’s aid to Jews during the Nazi era.

Bishop Sergio Pagano, prefect of the Vatican Secret Archives, gave the projected date for catalogue completion when he opened an event on the history of the Church held annually on the Canary Islands.

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further update:

(ANSA) - Vatican City, July 5 - Never-seen files on pope Pius XII will provide “juicy news” on the controversial wartime pontiff when they are ready for publication in a few years’ time, the keeper of the Vatican’s Secret Archive said Tuesday.

The material on the pope accused of not denouncing the Holocaust, said Msgr Sergio Pagano, “will be succulent, it will be tasty because it will focus on many problems which are discussed acritically today because those sources are lacking”.

Msgr Pagano voiced the hope that work on the Pius XII archives would be completed “in three or four years”.

He stressed that Pope Benedict XVI would have the final word on publishing the records of his predecessor’s actions…

source: ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/2011/07/05/visualizza_new.html_789709071.html