Pope: Library Safeguards Faith-Culture Link
Benedict XVI Visits Vatican Secret ArchivesVATICAN CITY, JUNE 25, 2007 (Zenit.org).- In a visit to the Vatican Library and Secret Archives, Benedict XVI told employees that their task is to safeguard the link between faith and culture.
The Pope visited the library today, a few weeks before it is scheduled to be closed to the public for a three-year restoration project.
The Pontiff told those gathered for the visit that their task "is to safeguard the link between faith and culture that emanates from the documents and treasures you hold."
Benedict XVI praised the library as "a welcoming home of learning, culture and humanity which opens its doors to scholars from all over the world without distinction of origin, race or culture."
The Pope told the staff that the library makes it "possible to undertake not only scholarly research, of itself most laudable and praiseworthy, concerning periods distant from us in time, but also to pursue interests concerning epochs and times close to us, even very close."
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