” “"The Holy Father Benedict XVI decided that from September 18th, with the resumption of the activity of the Secret Archives of the Vatican and the other Archives of the Holy See after the summer holidays, all documents relating to the Pontificate of Pius XI (6 February 1922 10 February 1939) will be made accessible to researchers.” “The opening, that John Paul II had already wanted in his time, reads the note signed by Father Marcel Chappin, in charge of the Historical Archives of the Secretariat of State, and Father Sergio Pagano, prefect of the Secret Archives, "gives historical researchers, within the limits established by the Regulations, access to all the documentary sources, up to February 1939, that are kept in the collections of the Archives of the Holy See and mainly in the Secret Archives of the Vatican and in the Archives of the Second Section of the Secretariat of State (formerly, the Congregation of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs)".” “The note, sent today by the Pressroom of the Holy See, states that such sources will be consulted at the Secret Archives of the Vatican.” “
