Vatican

Provides a behind-the-scenes look, with unprecedented access, into life inside the Vatican. With rare footage of secret archives, private chapels and papal quarters, the program explores the Vatican's long, powerful history, and the unique traditions and ceremonies that have survived for nearly 2000 years. Accounts from Vatican officiants, historians and devoted individuals who work closely with the Pope John Paul II provide privilieged insight into the inner workings of one of the richest wonders of the world. 60 minutes.

What is hidden within the walls of the Vatican? The Secret Archives of the Vatican, 43 kilometers of shelves that contain official and private documents of the history of the Church. In "Archivum Secretum Apostilicum Vaticanum" the term "secret" can evoke something obscure and unfathomable, in reality it derives its meaning from the etymology of the term "secretum", the more accurate translation is "personal" or "private".