The Secret Vatican Archives

What are those Catholics hiding in Rome? The following addresses an issue of particular juicy interest to many who would attack the Catholic Church.

What about the Vatican's "Secret" archives? This has been the subject of novels and conspiracy theories, etc. Guess what? There is no big hidden secret here. If one goes to the Vatican website, http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm (the English Page) there is a link, bold as day, "VATICAN SECRET ARCHIVES"

Here is where you arrive: http://asv.vatican.va/home_en.htm

And, when a person searches a little deeper, you find that the very nature of the term "secret," is not so hidden as we may think.

I wish to quote from this site: "The term «secret» (secretum),... was used... for persons close to the prince, and it was often the person who prepared the respective documents, was called «secretarium»."

Of course, many documents and information was and is of a private nature, confidential, thus, considered secret. But it has been the practice of the Catholic Church to make these archives available, not to hide the truth. The purpose of the archive is to be a storehouse of documentation pertaining to the professing and clear declaration of the truth.

I felt moved to post this in light of the Davinci Code and the serious errors and conspiracy theory run amuck. Let us all pray for the truth of God to be known, and even for the souls of those who seek to deny it.