A contemporary art exhibition has opened in a new dedicated gallery in the Vatican Apostolic Library, which is normally only accessible to scholars, and Pope Francis was on hand for its inauguration ...

The website of the papal library gives researchers and students free access to high-resolution digitized manuscripts, inventories, archival materials, coins, medals, and incunabula, which are books ...

The Vatican’s digitization efforts are focused on their one-of-a-kind historic manuscript collection as well as some of its oldest books, incunabula books printed during the earliest period of ...

Pope Francis isn’t the only newcomer to the Vatican. New technology has also found its way inside the ancient institution. Cloud computing corporation EMC recently announced that it will soon begin ...

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 ...

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The Vatican Apostolic Library, which holds one of the world's oldest and most significant collections of historical documents, has hired a British cybersecurity firm to protect its digitized ...

The Vatican Apostolic Library has teamed up with the European Space Agency (ESA) to digitize its treasures using space technology. The Library’s ancient collection is being digitized in an attempt to ...

A Christopher Columbus letter that was stolen from the Vatican Library has been returned thanks to the efforts of U.S. and Vatican investigators. The 1493 letter was described as “a priceless piece of ...

Since 2010, the Vatican Apostolic Library has worked to digitize its sprawling collection of more than 80,000 manuscripts, making a trove of rare historical treasures freely accessible to anyone with ...