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Gloria TV News on the Feast of Blessed Didacus of Cadiz. Digital Records of Over 40 Million Vatican Manuscript Pages Vatican The Vatican has announced an ambitious program to make digital copies of …More
Gloria TV News on the Feast of Blessed Didacus of Cadiz.
Digital Records of Over 40 Million Vatican Manuscript Pages
Vatican
The Vatican has announced an ambitious program to make digital copies of its entire collection of manuscripts. The program is already underway, with 75,000 pages being rendered into digital form, using what L'Osservatore Romano described as "extremely advanced" technology. This technology was first designed for use in the American space program. Eventually the Vatican Library hopes to produce digital records of over 40 million manuscript pages.
Preparing the Exposition of the Holy Shroud
Vatican
Yesterday Cardinal Severino Poletto, custodian of the Holy Shroud and Archbishop of Turin, officially presented in Rome plans and progress at a press conference for the Shroud's exposition this spring. He emphasized the "spiritual" benefits that will be provided to pilgrims through their contemplation of the image. The famous Shroud, which is believed to be the burial shroud …More
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