Sandro Magister's latest blog ( http://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=87082&eng=y) has an interesting story on the opening of the Vatican archives for the reign of Pope Pius XI. (1922-1939), along with an interview with one of the scholars who worked on getting the papers ready. One of the things that struck me is how immense the work is to get such a huge mass of material ready for consultation by experts.

Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.

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