# Secret Vatican Archives Opened

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-vatican-archives-opened/373386>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 20, 2006, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-vatican-archives-opened/373386 "2006-09-20T06:16:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-vatican-archives-opened/373386/1 "2006-09-20T06:16:56Z")

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[Somebody inform Tom Hanks.](http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2463378&page=1)

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> While the Vatican this week has been dealing with the controversy surrounding Pope Benedict’s comments on Islam, it also is bracing for another potentially divisive issue: Nazi’s, Jews and the Catholic Church during World War II.
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> This week, the keepers of the secret archives, acting on orders from the late John Paul II, opened files covering a 17-year period preceding the war.
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> It is a part of history that precedes one of the most pivotal and destructive events of modern times.
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> There is an inarguable truth about the archives that rests deep within the Vatican’s walls.
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> Whatever secrets they hold, they may never fully be revealed.
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> They are, in fact, called, the “Secret Vatican Archives.”
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> There are millions of documents in the secret archives, housed in shelves that stretch for 50 miles.

It’ll be interesting to see what they turn up.

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-vatican-archives-opened/373386/2 "2006-09-20T06:24:10Z")

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Duh… The biggest collection of [porn](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_074.html) in the world.

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**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-vatican-archives-opened/373386/3 "2006-09-20T07:01:27Z")

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My boyfriend calls himself a “recovering Catholic.” While he didn’t buy The DaVinci Code, he’s quite paranoid about the Catholic Church.

He says “There’s more that they’re not letting out.”

I can’t decide if he’s being rediculous or if he’s right. _sigh_

~Tasha