VATICAN CITY: The Vatican has been trying for years to debunk the idea that its vaunted secret archives are all that secret: it has opened up the files of controversial World War 2-era Pope Pius 12th to scholars and changed the official name to remove the word "Secret" from its title.

But a certain aura of myth and mystery has persisted — until now.

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