The Vatican’s vast archives, often shrouded in mystery, hold centuries of historical documents, some of which are pivotal to the understanding of world history and religion. These archives, known as ...

Historians will begin combing the archives of the world's most contentious pope on Monday, hoping to glean why Pius XII stayed silent during the Nazi extermination of Jews in the Holocaust. More than ...

The Vatican Secret Archives are one of the most important troves of historical documents that exists in the world today. While the term "Secret Archives" is a bit of a misnomer -- a better translation ...