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Papal Manuscript Stolen from Vatican Archives

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jan 3, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 1.

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Papal Manuscript Stolen from Vatican Archives

A despatch from Rome, dated December 11, reports that "a precious manuscript of Pope Pius VII. has been pilfered from the secret archives of the Vatican Library. The manuscript includes the record of the pope's imprisonment at Fontainebleau, which is considered of great importance historically. Somebody wants to get correct history. It is also reported that it is remarked in Rome "that three of the four new cardinals are foreigners, which is taken as an indication that the pope desires to have a more even division between the foreign and Italian elements in the Sacred College."