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The Vatican Secret Archives documents on the pontificate of Pope Pius XII are shown Feb. 27. On March 2, the Vatican Apostolic Library opened the Holy See’s wartime archives on the pontificate of Pius XII between the years 1939 and 1958.

The material, previously unseen of the public, was opened March 2 during the first surge of the coronavirus pandemic and covers the years 1939-1958.