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What was found under the Vatican?
Thousands of bones have been unearthed in two ossuaries discovered in the Vatican City, as part of an ongoing search for clues into the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl more than three decades ago. Thousands of bones were found in two ossauries discovered at the Teutonic Cemetery in Vatican City.
What is the secret room in the Vatican?
The Room of the Masks
The 3 Vatican Secret Rooms you can see are: The Bramante Staircase. The Room of the Masks (also known as the Cabinet of the Masks) The Niccoline Chapel (also known as the Chapel of Nicholas V)
How many bodies are in the Vatican?
You’re saved! The 31 bodies and body parts of saints and other holy people the mummification team from the Vatican worked on from 1975 to 2008 — including one that rests in New York City.
Who is buried in the Vatican Grottoes?
The tombs of 91 popes are found here. Pope John Paul II was even buried here after his death in 2005 before being moved to the Altar of St Sebastian. Amongst others, the tomb of Urban VI, Innocent XIII and Paul VI are located here. Surprisingly, there are also some royals buried here.
How much money does the Vatican have?
Bankers’ best guesses about the Vatican’s wealth put it at $10 billion to $15 billion. Of this wealth, Italian stockholdings alone run to $1.6 billion, 15\% of the value of listed shares on the Italian market. The Vatican has big investments in banking, insurance, chemicals, steel, construction, real estate.
Does the Pope have a secret army?
The Vatican City State has never had independent armed forces, but it has always had a de facto military provided by the armed forces of the Holy See: the Pontifical Swiss Guard, the Noble Guard, the Palatine Guard, and the Papal Gendarmerie Corps.
What are the secrets of the Vatican?
Secrets of the Vatican tells the epic, inside story of the collapse of the Benedict papacy — and illuminates the extraordinary challenges facing Pope Francis as he tries to reform the powerful Vatican bureaucracy, root out corruption, and chart a new course for the troubled Catholic Church and its 1.2 billion followers.
What is inside the Vatican?
Inside the Vatican is a monthly magazine relating to issues within the Roman Curia , at the Vatican in Rome, which is at the very heart of the Roman Catholic Church and Christianity as a whole.
What’s in the Vatican vault?
Documents About Galileo’s Trial. The archive houses notes from the trial against the 17 th -century scientist Galileo,who questioned the Catholic Church’s view about the movement of the Earth.