ST. LOUIS — The Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Vatican Library), in Rome is closed for renovation, and Diane Touliatos, like many others, won’t be able to access its treasures until 2010. But she has ...

Doors leading to the Salone Sistino, a reading room for printed books in the Vatican Apostolic Library (via Vatican Library) What happens when a wide swath of history — previously only explored by ...

VATICAN CITY — Dealing with bug infestations, normal wear and tear and even the occasional thief, keepers of the 15th-century Vatican Apostolic Library face an ever-challenging task. Their latest step ...

The Vatican holds one of the largest historical collections in existence. These collections contain documents that most people will never see and that only a small group of scholars can access and ...