The Vatican Apostolic Archive will reopen to researchers on June 1 after closing for 12 weeks due to Italy’s coronavirus lockdown.
The archive was forced to close to scholars the second week of March, just days after the highly anticipated March 2 opening of the files on the pontificate of Venerable Pius XII.
According to a notice on the archive’s website, the records office will reopen to researchers for four weeks, after which they will again close for the summer break until after August 30.