L’Osservatore Romano reported this week that «‘Lux in Arcana’: the Vatican Secret Archives unveiled» will run from March 1 to Sept. 9 at Rome’s Capitoline Museum.
The documents range from the 8th to the 20th century, and include such treasures as a letter to the English Parliament from Pope Clement VII on the marital situation of King Henry VIII; minutes from Galileo’s trial; a letter from the Indians of America, written on the bark of a birch tree to Pope Leo XIII; the bull of Martin Luther’s excommunication; and a document from Pope Alexander VI on the discovery of the New World.
This will be the first time these documents leave the Vatican for display.
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On ZENIT’s Web page:
A report from last July, when the exhibit was announced: www.zenit.org/article-33018?l=english
