Vatican opens archives for unprecedented exhibit

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The Vatican will display 100 select documents from its Secret Archives at an unprecedented exhibit next year that includes previously unpublished papers from its World War II papacy.

“Lux in Arcana: The Vatican Secret Archives Revealed” opens in February at Rome’s Capitoline Museums and marks the first time such precious documents, manuscripts and parchments have been allowed out of the Vatican vaults for view by the general public.

The occasion is the archive’s 400th anniversary.

On view will be the acts of Galileo’s trial for heresy as well as the letter from members of the British Parliament asking Pope Clement XII to annul the marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon — one of the key events that led to England’s break with the Roman Catholic Church.

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If you can read Latin, a year from now might be a fun time to visit Rome.