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November 9, 2016

Vatican’s vast archive opens new door to Canadian history

Fr. Pierre Hurtubise, OMI, with laptops showing the new Internet portal to inventories of tens of thousands of Vatican documents on Canada from 1622-1922. The Saint Paul University professor has been part of an international team that began the archive project in 1977. The website was launched Nov. 3.

OTTAWA – Newly released digital inventories of Vatican documents have revealed fresh insights into Canadian history, but don’t expect the kind of dramatic revelations that would fill a Dan Brown mystery novel, says an Italian specialist.

Published in Canada