The Vatican Archives, which collects documents from the 8th century onwards, also contains Henry VIII's parchment to Pope Clement VIII requesting the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The recently opened archives of Pope Pius XII have shed new light on claims the World War II-era pope didn’t speak out about the Holocaust. But they’re also providing details about ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s archives on the pontificate of Venerable Pius XII will become available for study March 2, possibly bringing to light new information about the pope’s actions during World ...

PARIS (RNS) — German researchers found that the pope, who never directly criticized the Nazi slaughter of Jews, knew from his own sources about Berlin’s death campaign early on. But he kept it from ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has been trying for years to debunk the idea that its vaunted secret archives are all that secret: It has opened up the files of controversial World War II-era Pope ...

Reports circulating in media outlets and on social media in October 2025 allege that the Vatican has opened a prayer room for ...

A Vatican decision to begin opening some of its secret, Holocaust-era archives falls short of Jewish demands that all its documentation from that period be made available to scholars. Just the same, ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has decided to open the Vatican secret archives covering the pontificate of Pope Pius XI from 1922-1939, partly to help dispel controversy surrounding the wartime ...

Jewish groups have long accused the church of ignoring Holocaust atrocities. Pope Francis’ decision to open the secret archives of one of his predecessors means scholars will soon have new insights ...

Reporting from VATICAN CITY — Declaring that the church “isn’t afraid of history,” Pope Francis said Monday he has decided to open up the Vatican archives on World War II-era Pope Pius XII, who has ...

Pope John Paul II gives his blessing to late father Marcial Maciel, founder of Christ’s Legionaries, during a special audience the pontiff granted to about four thousand participants of the Regnum ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The recently opened archives of Pope Pius XII have shed new light on claims the World War II-era pope didn’t speak out about the Holocaust. But they’re also providing details about ...