VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s Apostolic Library, which is home to ancient manuscripts, rare books and reading rooms for scholars is opening its doors to the general public with a small new ...

The modern Vatican Apostolic Library began as a small papal collection in the 14th century and expanded after the papacy’s ...

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 ...

Pope Francis talks with Cardinal José Tolentino Calaca de Mendonca, Vatican archivist and librarian, during a ceremony in the Vatican Library Nov. 5, 2021. The Vatican Library, one of the world’s ...

Pope Francis has called for the expansion of the Vatican library and archives to a building outside Vatican City to make more “available this precious patrimony.” In a letter dated Oct. 29 and issued ...

The Vatican library announced Monday that it will expand its use of Web3 technologies by awarding nontransferable NFTs (nonfungible tokens) to supporters of the manuscript collections. For the time ...

Take a walk back in time at the Vatican with this blend of antique and super-modern. A reproduction of music in a hymnal from the 1500s is seen in a new exhibit on the Vatican Library at the Vatican ...

Visitors tour the Vatican Museums in this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo. The Vatican Museums will reopen June 1, almost three months after being closed as part of a lockdown to prevent spread of the ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla have made history. The monarchs completed a state visit to Vatican City, marking the first ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s Apostolic Library, which is home to ancient manuscripts, rare books and reading rooms for scholars is opening its doors to the general public with a small new ...