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Article: Archives on the Inquisition to be organized.(Vatican)(Brief Article)
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- Catholic Insight
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- January 1, 2005
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Vatican City -- The Vatican is opening its archives on the Inquisition as part of a new project with Italy's Culture Ministry and Italian universities. The purpose, according to a Vatican statement, is to locate and catalogue documents concerning both the Roman and the Spanish Inquisitions and make them easily available to scholars.
This consolidation of knowledge is being "carried out according to the criteria established by common agreement and with the most advanced technological instruments. This will not only safeguard ...