"For nearly 2000 years, this Roman hill a special place" "In the heart of all Catholics in the world." "This is the Vatican." "Every year millions of people together in the chapels and museums." "Now we take you along to where tourists are not allowed." "Behind the closed doors of one of the world's most mysterious and mysterious places." "The Vatican is the headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church." "It's where the Pope lives, works ..." " Good day." "and spread the gospel more than one billion faithful." "We take you beyond the basilica, where the pope intimate moments experienced." "And in the darkest corners preserve the secrets of this ancient institution." "Come along as we travel through history the bones of Jesus were first apostle, centuries hidden in the catacombs deep under St. Peter's Basilica, to the secret archives of the Vatican and his connection with Abraham Lincoln and the civil war." "And in a unique alliance that helped topple communism." "20 centuries, the Vatican attached with every major event in history." "This is the Vatican that you do not know." "Sunday in Vatican City, the spiritual center of all Catholics." "But today is not just one day in the holy city." "The site is being prepared." "Security is enhanced and the Pope will address the faithful, gathered in St. Peter's Square." "While the eyes of his followers focus on the window on the fourth floor of the apostolic palace," "His Holiness Pope Benedict's next to another window, 11,000 meters in the air." "The Holy Father returns from trip abroad and travel with our cameras." "As the pope travels in style, he does not own aircraft." "This is an Italian chartered unit, which a few chairs away, Pope to give more legroom." "And that impenetrable security doors of the cockpit, will open to the pope." "Okay, thank you." "Have a safe trip." "Besides, the security is of lesser concern," "If you have two jets, who accompany you home." "If he lands in Rome gives the pope a lift Italian army." "They fly him over the Roman road home to the Vatican." "With His Holiness the road, Benedict personal assistants prepare," "George and Miroslav, the arrival of the Pope." "And while the nation awaits a glimpse of the Holy Father," "We take you into the private office the Pope, as he gets ready for his weekly Sunday prayer, initiated from 4th floor above St. Peter's Square." "Dear brothers and sisters, the gospel for this Sunday ..." "It's a very nice habit, but it is difficult The pope can see from the square." "You see a tiny figure in white, but it is moving." "It is the Pope his public activity, which draws crowds to the Vatican." "But soon shall the things that is not public, attracts more attention." "With its 40 hectares, fit eight Vatican City" "Central Park in New York." "Though it is the smallest country in the world, behind its walls are the most closely guarded secrets in history." "Which are best preserved in the secret archives of the Vatican." "For centuries, though the secret vaults the topic of the Vatican and of speculation and conspiracy theories." "Some think it contains valuable objects, stolen from Jerusalem during the Crusades." "Others claim that the documents contain indicating that the Vatican The Nazis were going about their business." "And the author Dan Brown speculated publicly, that the records might contain evidence, that Jesus Christ had a child." "The secret archives are hidden in plain sight, the unmarked entrance here is close to the staff parking next to the library." "Just below this parking There is a huge, underground bunker with two floors." "Only the archivists allowed in the vault of the archives." "But we have permission to proceed and can show you how it really is, in the secret archives of the Vatican." "Luca Carboni, curator of the archive, exceptionally us permission to this massive collection of historical documents." "Here in the bunker, more than 80 km on shelves, centuries of well-guarded historical documents, correspondence of royal families, letters from the pope and secret notes." "We are here In one of the five depots the secret archives of the Vatican." "Normally this storage accessible only to staff." "One of the most remarkable documents the archive" "A handwritten note Michelangelo, dated 1550, when he saw the dome of St. Peter built." "The Pope was ill and the construction of the basilica was put stops." "Michelangelo called a bishop, for payment of back pay of three months for the workers." "I beseech you, Your Highness, he wrote." "Because of St. Peter," "Your servant, Michelangelo." "Many believe this is the origin of the phrase "for pete's sake '." "Amazingly, this letter detected only in the last decade." "How can a handwritten document of a world famous artist long remain hidden?" "It's all Napoleon's fault." "1808." "Napoleon's dream of controlling Europe was within reach." "With his armies across northern Italy, he insisted that Pope Pius VII the papal state handed over to France." "The Pope responded with excommunicating him." "Napoleon ordered the Pope to arrest." "Then his power to show" "Napoleon the contents of the secret archive move to Paris." "The Pope and the secret archives remained more than 5 years incarcerated." "When Napoleon's empire crumbled in 1815, Pius was released, but the cost to the entire archive returned to Rome, would have been enormous." "So the cardinal who was responsible for the return of the archive, burned some documents." "Thousands of other documents have been sold of Parisian shopkeepers, they used to make bread and fish packing." "So it is not surprising that even today archivists find missing documents." "We are still organizing the archives and organizing." "I think there are many documents will be discovered." "But, I do not know." "Our cameras were given special access a series of private letters that are found." "The letters give an insight into the relationship between the Vatican and America." "As this rare letter from the Civil War." "The letter is so fragile, it with white gloves should be treated." "This letter is a letter from the President of America, Abraham Lincoln to the pope." "It is dated in 1863." "With this letter, formal letter, a bureaucratic letter," "Lincoln set the Pope his special envoy for." "The letter was probably written by the secretary of Abraham Lincoln and the original signature of the President we can see on the other side, written with other inks." "So we have the original signature of Lincoln." "When he sent the letter, The civil war was at its worst." "Soldiers of the Confederacy have invaded the north." "The union has more than 250,000 deaths." "Yet Lincoln makes no mention bitter to the deadly conflict." "In the same year, 1863, received the Pope another letter from the rival Lincoln." "This letter to the Pope describes it the brutality of civil war and the horrors of the innocent." "Its author," "Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America." "This is not a formal or bureaucratic letter, such as Lincoln, but in this letter describes Davis the horrors of war." "The real intent of this letter is probably the question to the Pope the Confederate states to recognize." "Surprisingly that a few months later," "Pope Pius the Confederate leader replied." "The pope wrote back and said Davis ..." "That means the President of the Confederate States." "By Jefferson Davis as president, many believed Pope Pius recognized that the Confederacy." "which caused a diplomatic crisis in Washington." "So, there would be other papal letters, which are hidden, which may shed more light the more recent history?" "Perhaps, but when present, no one has permission to see them." "Not yet." "John Paul II paper and archives are not accessible." "The personal papers of John Paul II, who died in 2005, are stored away until 2080 in the steel cages." "And here are all archives from the period of John Paul II." "The rule is that the secret archives No papal document publishing until 75 years after the death of the pope." "Between the pope his personal archive that is not accessible and thousands of documents still be discovered, wait historians around the world with baited" "What other mysteries yet be revealed." "St. Peter's Square The most famous site of the Vatican, but behind these works of art is a nation created to serve God, led by a man." "Vatican City is a secluded state." "Shrouded in mystery." "While squares and museums accessible the public, the bulk of the country not accessible to the public." "It is home to the Pope and his government, the Holy See." "As a leader his power is absolute." "According to the Catholic faith But it comes directly from God." "The crown jewel of the Vatican The Basilica of St. Peter." "His area covers 2.2 hectares." "An area larger than an aircraft carrier." "The art treasures attract millions of visitors each year." "But visitors who do not know hidden under the temple of God, is a city of the dead." "The hill of the Vatican was a cemetery." "The original culture of Rome, was the Etruscan culture." "They had a god named Vanth, Goddess of the dead." "The Goddess of the underworld." "The hill of the Vatican was where she lived, That's a good name for a cemetery." "a good name for a cemetery." "Today, the Basilica of St. Peter that old cemetery and some of the most sacred figures of the Catholic faith." "Directly beneath the dome of Michelangelo, The entrance to a maze of corridors, where cameras are normally prohibited." "This leads to perhaps the most valuable treasure in the Vatican." "Cardinal Angelo Comastri, The archbishop who leads the basilica, takes us through the corridors to the Confession." "A sacred place, normally only accessible, the highest ranks in the church." "Inside is a reference to Jesus himself." "We are in the center of the basilica." "We are under Bernini's baldachin and under the dome of Michelangelo." "Here you see a typical icon for Peter, the reverse cross." "The story of this great basilica begins in 64 AD, when the mad emperor Nero Fire founded in a slum, to make way for a new palace." "The fire gets out of control and destroys almost all of Rome." "Nero had a schuldenbok needed." "A burgeoning cult called Christians, led by Apostle Peter, is the perfect target." "Peter was an outsider, because he was a Christian," "At that time, in the early Romeise empire, he was considered a traitor." "It was a crime." "Nero drove the Christians together and had them executed in public, including Peter, their 64-year-old leader, the first apostle of Jesus Christ." "According to legend, early Peter to be upside to crucify." "He did not feel worthy enough to die as a savior." "Peter was buried in a shallow grave on the hill of the Vatican." "Over the centuries is lost tomb." "By the fourth century, Christianity a normal thing." "So even normal, that the Roman Emperor Constantine a new church built on Vatican Hill." "Even though the exact spot the unknown grave of Peter," "The church was built there where it was thought, that his bones would lie." "Constantine went where local legends say that he was going to and built the first basilica of St. Peter." "It is not advisable to place a perpetual because of the illiterate population, where was Peter?" "By the 16th century The papacy had become rich and powerful and starts a new church building that their influence was worthy." "The new St. Peter's is the masterpiece of the Renaissance, that still stands on top The original basilica and what is still considered as the tomb of Peter." "Cardinal Comastri takes us into the caves, where remnants of the original basilica." "We're on our way to the most holy place of St. Peter's Basilica." "This most holy site the Clementine Chapel, the original altar and the heart of the old basilica." "Peter died here." "Peter is crucified." "His blood flowed into the earth of this hill." "The tomb of Peter was the reason, to build the basilica." "This is the space the secret of the basilica." "The treasure they found no gold or silver, but something of even greater value, still buried under the altar of the chapel." "Here it was an amazing discovery in 1939 under Pope Pius XII." "When workmen were digging under the floor to make room for the tomb of Pius XI, they found ancient stone with mysterious inscriptions and then bone." "For decades archaeologists have The Vatican secretly dug under the old floor of the basilica." "What they did is incredible." "Midst of St. Peter there was a cemetery from the time of Christ." "Through a passage in the Clementine Chapel" "Cardinal grants Canestri us a rare look" "In this once hidden labyrinth of ancient catacombs." "Now we look at the result of Pius XII ordered the excavations." "Ten feet below the altar of St. Peter The archaeologists found a niche." "On the wall they find rough etching." "Inscriptions that were made by Christians in 200 to 300 AD." "It was a famous inscription in Greek, "Ani Petros, Peter's here." "But can this really old graffiti show to the last resting place of Peter?" "They also found an opening." "You can see the hole, an opening lined with marble, which means that something valuable has been." "In the alcove was a box of bones." "Study found, that this was a 60-80 year old man the age of Peter when he was killed on Vatican hill." "The bones showed traces of purple and gold threads, special cases of a body buried in a simple grave, which is a strong indication to evidence, Peter that his sacred relics." "The probability is very high, that the bones of the apostle Peter's." "It is certain, this is the tomb of the apostle." "After visiting the cemetery the first Pope, Peter," "Cardinal takes us to the last resting place of the Holy Father," "John Paul II." "Between that first tomb and are 2000 years." "2000 years of church history." "So many riots, so many storms, so much persecution." "Many thought that the church was at its end." "The church lives on." "In July 2009." "Today we made history in the Vatican." "Pope Benedict XVI expects a very important guest." "America's President Barack Obama, only six months in office, has a lot on his plate." "An economic crisis, a healthcare debate and yet he is here to meet the pope." "Every time a president visited the Pope, The event is full of the protocol." "There are pictures." "Gifts are exchanged." "Beautifully." "We need a special place for search." "According to Vatican tradition women wear a black veil." "But after all the pomp and circumstance to the pope and the president a serious conversation." "Why do presidents need popes to meet?" "The U.S. has no diplomatic relations with other religions." "This relationship is so important, for bringing together the leader of the free world, one of the central religious leaders of Western society." "We can hold a rare interview U.S. Ambassador to Michuel Diaz," "The man responsible for the dialogue between President Obama and the pope." "We see the Holy See not as a religious institution." "The focus is on foreign policy." "The Pope the 1.1 billion Catholics influence everywhere on Earth making him a powerful ally." "The influence of the Holy See in the World is quite large." "We must think of Catholics, around the world are present." "The advantages of a pope on your side seems pretty obvious now, but it was not always." "America was formed by people who fought and bled for freedom to worship who they wanted." "The founders had little with the Vatican." "The Catholic Church was seen as repressive, and anti-enlightenment." "There was the suspicion that the Pope a global conspiracy represented, which would suppress the freedoms which the Americans fought so hard." "The American distrust persisted until the 19th century." "In 1850 Pope Pius IX gave a marble stone, that would be used in the construction of the monument in Washington." "On the night that the stone arrived, handle an angry anti-Catholic mob stone, violated the and threw it into the Potomac River." "Over the years kept the White House separation from the Vatican, distrust of the power the pope." "That fear came true in 1960, when John F. Kennedy candidate consolidated for the White House, if only the second Catholic major party candidate." "Some voters feared, that he was a stooge of the pope would be." "Your church has stated, that the privilege, the right and responsibility, their members to provide guidance in a variety of life including political issues." "I am not the Catholic candidate for President," "I am the candidate for president of the Democratic Party, which is also Catholic." "I do not speak for my church on public issues and the church does not speak for me." "No power or threat of punishment, to me to decide otherwise." "In the most exciting presidential election the past 40 years, approaching Kennedy Nixon in the polls." "Eight months later comes "Camelot" to the Vatican." "Upon arrival in Rome Kennedy is enthusiastically received." "But in America Some are still concerned." "They debated its Catholic identity." "This led to concerns about the first amendment and the separation of church and state." "Kennedy knows that the eyes of the country focused on him." "When he met the pope he kisses his ring is not, as is the custom." "Instead, Kennedy hand." "The Americans understand the message." "His religion will not stand over his country." "But Kennedy does work with the tension between America and the Vatican reduction." "Some say that if John F. Kennedy would not be killed, that half-term relationship could formalize." "What the White House and the Vatican gathers the threat of nuclear annihilation." "If the cold war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union" "The superpowers almost to bring third world war, shows that the Vatican of strategic value to the U.S.." "President Ronald Reagan visit Pope John Paul II for the first time in June 1982." "The conservative politician Polish priest and soon, they shared a conviction, namely that communism is a threat for human rights around the world." "Many historians see it come together of these two people due to a shared goal and the fall of communism and the fall of the Berlin Wall there was a lot of understanding." "While Reagan the Soviets bully with an increase in the number of missiles," "Pope John meets in secret The chief of the CIA." "The Soviets react by Eastern European priests to infiltrate in the Vatican, the pope to spy." "Shortly after opening in 1984, the U.S. its own embassy in the Vatican." "Five years later the Berlin Wall and starts a new episode the relationship between the Vatican and the U.S.." "There are now little more that 27 years diplomatic relations." "The Vatican has proven over the years a valuable information source." "No other global organization citizens live and work has" "In almost every country in the world." "The Pope has eyes and ears everywhere." "This means that this relationship is great to listen to the world." "Why this is called a great listening post." "The communication wanted to provide information" "In times of crisis but also in times of peace and rest." "Intelligence for the U.S. This is an important listening post source." "And once again take America and the Vatican a common enemy." "Osama bin Laden in 2008 a death threat to Pope Benedict." "And when they published these drawings, which became part of a new crusade." "in which the pope a large and lengthy role." "Ironically, after all fear loyalty to the Catholic Kennedy," "Methodist is one of the lead, which is close to the pope." "George W. Bush met with John Paul II several times before his death and later the newly elected pope Benedict XVI." "These were men of different faiths, with very different values, but they shared together a Christian worldview and commitment in a universal sense of worth, that a joint stronghold was against radical Islam In an age of terrorism." "This was a key commitment." "On April 18, 2008 shows President Bush a birthday celebration for Pope Benedict on the lawn of the White House." "George Bush has brought out all the stops and it was a fantastic visit, I will never forget." "Not many popes had a birthday party at the White House, I think that it was one." "This is an event, that our founding fathers never expected and a proof of how the relationship between the U.S. and the Vatican has grown." "Dawn breaks over the Vatican." "The Holy City is preparing for again at about 30,000 daily visitors." "But while St. Peter's Square begins to fill with tourists, helps high above the personal staff of the Pope the most sacred of rituals." "This is the private chapel the Holy Father." "Every day for seven hours, keep the Holy Father , a private prayer service." "Pope Benedict XVI is the 265th in papal history of almost 2000 years." "The word Pope came only a few centuries AD in use." "It is based on the Greek word 'papa', father." "And the pope, the Holy Father It is an honor." "He is the preacher of Christ, those who represented Christ on earth." "The Pope is the head of the government of the worldwide church, known as the Holy See." "The Holy See is led by cardinals, chosen by the Pope." "They are not named after the bird, The bird is named after them." "The bright red symbolizes the blood that they are willing to give employed by the Holy Father." "No one can from 1.1 to 1,200,000,000 souls world lead." "Therefore there a kind of management," "The reason for the presence of a Pope you need someone, you the decisive arbiter, the referee to be that the knot." "His Holiness also serves as the chief diplomat of the church." "He is visiting world leaders Catholic and exerts influence on the leaders." "In 2008, Pope Benedict traveled to New York the UN to speak." "He borrowed while the Navy helicopter of the President and was under protection the secret service." "It was only the fourth time that a pope visited the United Nations and Benedict was a nice reception." "The Holy Father spreads the gospel to 1.1 billion Catholics and wherever it appears Believers are to see him." "On a more sober gatherings As with the emergency services 'Ground Zero' offers alone are holy presence comforting." "But most times, the pope by in the Vatican, in the papal apartments, a ten-room suite high up in the Apostolic Palace with look at St. Peter's Square." "Good morning." "In this rare glimpse In Benedict's private office, we see a glimpse of a typical papal day." "He is continuously assisted by two personal secretaries" "Msgr. Miroslav Mursigi and Msgr. Georg Gänswein, or as the insiders within the Vatican to name him;" ""Gorgeous George"." "Even a modern pope The tradition requires a classic approach." "For letters and decrees Benedict has no computer required." "His communication is by hand, with an inkwell and a pen." "Only a few steps from the offices, are the living quarters." "In his private dining room welcomes many Cardinals and other guests for intimate dinners." "It's very relaxed, you're dressed properly inside and usually you kiss the ring of the Pope, then he asks for a moment of silence, He is in prayer." "Then we sit down and the food is distributed, some simple but good." "That food is prepared by the two Personal chefs from the Pope, but one of Benedict favorites does not need much cooking time, it's orange Fanta." "After a long day you find His Holiness sometimes in his living room, he likes to relax and watch the news." "Benedict has a piano in his living room and though he rarely has time to play, can sometimes Schubert the papal apartments are heard." "Perhaps the most impressive room the pope is a large walk-in closet, called the sacristy." "Inside there are some of the greatest treasures of Catholicism, who for centuries have been passed among the popes." "Brother Edward Dalleng, A Augustinian monk, which give us access to this invaluable collection." "This is not a museum, This is a treasure, where valuables stores are meant for the Pope." "Most cases are also used by the current pope." "According to an ancient tradition, he and two other monks responsible for the garments, mitres and decorations of the pope." "Special is that it concerns these valuables the only earthly responsibility of these monks." "Here we have the various miters." "This was worn by John Paul II." "These rings are used by various popes." "Here we have the cross, the Pope normally wears chest." "Here, the staff of the pope retained The cross staff." "Benedict carries him in important processions." "He is not for walking, it's a sign of his authority, of his spiritual power." "Behind some of these cabinet doors are no closets." "They are doorways to rooms which contain very valuable items." "These items are centuries collected by popes." "Most of the treasures of the Vatican dating from the Renaissance, the height of the power of the church and corruption." "The papacy is the toy of the great families of Italy." "Families who have more power and those families who have more and more power have so much money, they take pleasure in power to accumulate at a higher level." "The papacy is the grand jewel in the crown." "What can a mother or father more wishes, then their child will be pope." "One of these families is the Borgia." "In 1492 Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia is Pope Alexander VI, and donkey carts full of family silver to be used, the cardinals to bribe him to choose." "Once pope, He poisons the rival Cardinals and accepts payment fill their places." "There were popes who were not really holy, there was some corruption, in individuals who sought to secular power and that was unfortunately not a great time in the history of the church." "The popes lived like kings, They were corrupt, they held lavish parties, they built lavish palaces for himself, with Paris Hilton looked shabby." "These are the popes, the popes terrible, the things created where pilgrims now come to the Vatican." "What an irony." "Deep in the Vatican there is a room," "where the most valuable things the pope can be found." "The borders of the Papal Sacristy with valuables of silver and gold." "Gifts of inestimable value European monarchs of centuries old." "And this is only a fraction the wealth of the church." "Think of all the sacred treasures in St. Peter's Basilica." "Of the thousands of irreplaceable masterpieces in the Vatican Museums." "What you see in the Vatican is only half." "Marauding kings, generals, and barbarians over the centuries many have been removed." "Imagine it still would be all." "The Sistine Chapel alone is estimated at $ 800 million." "In this remarkable wealth raises the question, how rich is the Vatican?" "The answer is complicated." "The people who visit the Vatican think, "oh these guys are rich, but much of it is sacred art." "You can not just frescoes get out of the Vatican and sell" "You can not put on eBay, it is invaluable." "The abundant art that we associate with the Vatican, was purchased during the peak of papal power during the Renaissance." "In the 16th century, the pope is more a king, who ruled over a large area known as the papal state." "He is the largest private landowner in Italy." "And with that comes the spiritual authority at risk by mixing wereldste with authority." "Popes have armies and levy taxes to confiscate the wealth of others and collect a fortune by their power as kings." "With the wealth they accumulate, they are able" "The most valued monuments the Vatican to create." "St. Peter's Basilica, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the Stanze of Raphael, even the Apostolic Palace, are all created in the 16th century by wealthy popes." "But that was all lost in the 19th century." "In 1870 the papal empire collapsed together." "King Victor Emanuel marched through Italy and brings all areas under one leadership." "For the first time since Roman times, Italy was united." "The pope and the papal armies were driven back into the city of Rome and a few years later to the 43 acres, of the current Vatican." "Victor Emmanuel is honored as the founder of the new Italy, the papal world it's a disaster." "The Pope, once ruler of central Italy withdraws within the walls of the Vatican." "He has all his land and tax revenue lost." "The Pope was a prisoner of the Vatican." "Previously he had ruled over the world." "Not any more." "It's hard to believe, but at the beginning of the 20th century" "Vatican was bankrupt." "Finally in 1929 the Vatican state to Italy, as a country act and the pope paid $ 92 million, 1.1 billion in current U.S. dollars to compensate for the loss of the Papal States." "With this money and donations of Catholics worldwide," "Vatican starts again his treasures to build." "How has the church today?" "Many of the answers here" "In this imposing building with its three floors are found." "Behind St. Peter's Basilica." "This is the palace of the government, the building of capital in the Vatican." "Only sporadically to the massive doors open for someone who is not officially employed the Vatican City." "If you are on the first floor, You will find the president of the government." "I of course report to the Holy Father, He is the head of this small state." "The Pope is perhaps the head of the Vatican, but Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo runs all daily affairs of the Vatican, including finances." "We are responsible for all matters on the normal life of the town, that one state." "We are responsible for safety." "We are responsible for order, to traffic." "We are responsible for the museums." "According to figures from the Cardinals deserve the Vatican not have much money." "Our income is generated by admission tickets to museums, through two small shops for our employees, on stamps and coins, that's all." "There is not even an income tax." " No taxes." "From this standpoint, the Vatican City The happiest city in the world." "Maybe the Cardinals think about income tax." "In their 2009 budget gave the worldwide Catholic Church" "$ 320 million from and the revenues were 315 million poor." "The last few years, we have a deficit." "That their budget has red, does not mean that the Vatican has no money." "The real wealth of the Vatican is here in an old stone tower." "Here resides one of the world most secret financial institutions." "The Institute for Religious Works, known if the bank of the Vatican." "The bank of the Vatican stands on its own and manages funds for religious orders and priests and so on around the world." "The people who deposit in the bank are employees of the Vatican and agencies and other Catholic organizations." "The bank invests their money from various funds and in work support religious works of the world." "The wealth of the Vatican bank manages is a carefully guarded secret." "Nobody knows how many billions of U.S. dollars the bank manages." "In 1994, a bank employee knowledge, they had some four billion in deposit and perhaps one billion working capital, but this is only an assumption." "What we know is that the church and its dioceses are among the world's largest landowners." "In New York they own estimate at $ 2.5 billion." "In Rome, the land of the Vatican estimated at $ 1.5 billion." "But the Vatican does not all their churches in the world to sell and they can not make any money from their art in their basilicas and museums." "People say you should sell everything and the money to give to the poor." "That's a nice idea, but the beautiful coastal works of the Vatican are also the cultural heritage and the legacy of Italy." "The Pope sees himself as the protector of this legacy." "And despite the profits of the bank of the Vatican," "No one in the Vatican a high salary, or annual bonuses." "It is not about money." "Everything that comes goes to the mission of the Pope and goes to charity." "Ultimately, measures the Vatican's wealth not in money but in souls." "Among the thousands of cobblestones in St. Peter's Square is a flat white stone." "It marks the spot one of the biggest security flaws in the history of the Vatican." "At 17.15 sounding shots." "Pope John Paul II was hit four times from short distance." "In a nearby hospital Doctors operate five hours long." "The gunman was a 23 year old Turk, Mehmet Ali Agca, a trained sniper who recently escaped from prison, where he was trapped for murder." "Thousands of loyal followers John Paul II gathered in St. Peter's Square a sad vigil, waiting for news about the fate their spiritual leader." "It looked like the end of the world." "Would he survive?" "It was a very difficult time." "To the relief of his followers, Pope John Paul II restored successfully." "But for the men who protected the Pope, nothing will remain the same." "The shooting leads to a drastic reform of security." "Later that year introduced the security a measure that fascinates people." "It's called the pope mobile." "Pope Benedict uses the mobile, A special Mercedes M-Class SUV." "The Pope is surrounded by double thick, Bullet-proof glass and although the windows down can," "The Pope is strongly recommended They kept closed." "He has 5 cm. thick cladding and a bombproof bottom." "The bulletproof glass is resistant a rifle bullet at high impact energy." "At public audiences in St. Peter's Square," "Pope Benedict gives preference in an open car." "making it more accessible for his flock." "His protection unit is nervous." "This particular recording back of the head of the Pope show how vulnerable he is." "The final responsibility for his safety Dr Domenico Giani is, director of the Vatican Gendarmerie." "The Gendarmerie is the police force of Vatican City and is responsible for all security matters." "Members of the Gendarmerie are always vigilant, because believe it or not, compared to its small population" "Vatican City has the most crime the world." "That's because the millions of tourists by St. Peter and the Museum of the Vatican draw Each year, an attractive target for pickpockets." "But the care of the head of the Gendarmerie is to secure the Holy Father." "On Christmas Eve 2009 a 25 year old Swiss jumps over the fence inside St Peter's." "Benedict knew the aanvalster on the marble floor of the Basilica to work but thanks to his guards the Pope kept unharmed." "With such attacks and death threats wherever he goes, it is necessary to accompany the Holy Father with a civilian security unit, much like the U.S. Secret Service." "But not only the gendarmes protect His Holiness." "The popes have been protected for centuries by an elite military unit." "They are called the Swiss Guard." "The Swiss Guards, only the pope, as personal protectors." "In fact, they are all 135 Swiss." "And they all had their training in the Swiss army." "In the oldest part of the Vatican City lie the barracks of the Swiss Guard, just steps away of the papal apartments, so they can react very quickly the Holy Father to defend." "Corporal Breit Urs Moser protected the Pope 13 years." "He brings us to the armory of the Swiss Guard, a space that is not accessible for tourists." "There are weapons used by centuries used to protect the pope." "There are antique weapons that we possess From the 15th century." "Interestingly, these helmets the papal seal of Julius II, founder of the Swiss Guard." "The Swiss Guard was founded in 1505, when Pope Julius II for the first an army of mercenaries took for his protection." "Do not be fooled their ceremonial dress." "They may be The smallest ready army in the world, but the Swiss Guard is a real military power." "The guards are well-trained snipers," "with SG550 assault weapons training with semi-automatic shotguns and MP7 with armor piercing ammunition." "Every year on May 6, Guard keeps a very special ceremony close to the public." "It is a sacred ritual as the Pope new members of the Guard consecrates." "The first time near the Holy Father was a great feeling." "To salute him was unbelievable." "The day is special for the Guard, it is the anniversary of their greatest loss." "In May 1527, Rome was attacked by Charles V and his army of 16,000 men." "The city was plundered, men rode on horseback through the church." "Rome is wounded to the core and beaten in the face." "Will it survive the papacy?" "Ondertal in seeing a certain death, 147 Guards beat bravely on the steps of St. Peter, while the ancient city was sacked." "They were massacred, but their mission was a success." "As they gave their lives for the Holy Father, escorted a unit of the Guard Pope Clement safe from the Vatican." "He must run for his life and be saved by the Swiss Guard, the mercenaries." "He escaped through a secret passage between the church and the Castello Sant'Angelo." "The Passetto di Borgo A 800 meters long escape a wall built in 852." "This once secret escape route leads from the Vatican to securely fortified Castello Sant'Angelo." "There was Pope Clement full eight days, before he surrendered." "but the Swiss Guard and the Passetto have saved his life." "March 25, 2005." "Good Friday." "A Holy Week culminates in Rome." "Easter Sunday is near." "But in the papal apartments Pope John Paul II is dying." "On the last point of the traditional Stations of the Cross procession on Good Friday in the Roman Colosseum" "Believers are greeted with live images, From his private chapel." "He did not know." "He saw the images from the Coliseum, but not the images from his private chapel." "I almost broke into tears, because it was a very touching moment." "March 27, 2005." "Easter Sunday." "Two days later, Pope appears before his window determined to bless the crowd." "12 terrible minutes he stands there, help explain away and trying to speak." "It would be his last public appearance." "The next day thousands believers in St. Peter's Square for a vigil." "On April 2 at 15:30 whispers the Pope against his two faithful assistants;" ""Let me go home to my Father" and he falls into a coma." "At 21:37 John Paul II is dead." "At 37 minutes past nine, Our beloved Holy Father," "John Paul II returned to the House of the Father." "But even if the church are mourning rituals that are centuries old are put in motion." "Rituals that ensure a smooth transition of the papacy." "A dead pope acts as a pistol for a well-described protocol." "There are procedures that are without question be followed." "In the chapel of the pope praying the household the pope and the cardinals of his body." "Then his body placed in the Clementine Hall, where dignitaries heads of state and the final tribute." "Then the body is moved to Saint Peter's Basilica, where the public can mourn to their fallen leader." "According to tradition, the pope In a coffin of cypress wood with white silk his head and hands covered." "When the last prayer is spoken, the pope to act catacombs below the St. Peter, where he is buried." "If the burial takes place, There are nine days of mourning, the "novemdialas." "The reason is partly that all cardinals the chance to return to Rome." "They must return one of their sacred duties to fulfill, choose the new pope." "This is called conclave." "A thousand year old tradition, full of rituals." "In this dramatic adaptation the most recent conclave in the Sistine Chapel," "The cardinals swear hand on the Bible, to the proceedings confidential." "After the final prayers says the papal master of ceremonies the famous words:" "Latin for quite literally;" ""Everybody get out." "The term originates from the Latin conclave "Cum clave", with a key." "Under the watchful figures Michelangelo's famous fresco," ""The Last Judgement ', the cardinals are locked." "In the chapel, one begins with the right mood." "No politics is conducted, they sit and cards lie ahead, on the card, "Eligendo Summo Pontifice ';" "I choose as pope." "They write a hidden name." "They fold it close and run the course of the Sistine Chapel by, they keep it up so everyone can see that they will vote." "The votes are counted and recorded." "If someone 2 / 3 of the votes of 2 / 3 of the votes plus one gets it done." "Then we are ready and will be the one pope if not, will be voted on again." "Up to four elections per day, two morning and two afternoon." "Outside on the plaza overlooking the crowd for news." "If the ballots are counted, they are ceremonially burned which the smoke is created, who is best known symbols of Vatican." "There is rising black smoke if no one is selected and white smoke when someone is elected." "This popular tradition is only about 200 years old and has not always been predictable." "The election of John Paul I was announced with some confusion, because no one knew exactly what the smoke from the Sistine Chapel meant and as a result, no one could certainly Whether or not a pope." "The stove that was used in the conclave of 2005 was the result frantic efforts of the Vatican smoke to be in order." "There was a high-tech construction at the stove, different spaces used to smoke it." "The stove, which they gave the Cardinals at the last conclave was so complex, someone forgot to open the chimney damper which the smoke hit back in the Sistine Chapel, making it ascended to the ceiling and Michelangelo's magnificent frescoes covered," "just for the first time in 400 years were restored and cleaned." "The Cardinals looked up and thought great goodness what have we done." "While the crowd outside he wants to meet pulls back the new pope In a small room beside the chapel." "Here he gets his new white robe." "It's not like the president of America, that one chooses a Tuesday in November and only months later on January 20 will carry out its function." "That man was Pope from that moment." "The new pope then returns the Sistine Chapel, the cardinals to greet and its new name known." "If someone is elected pope to ask him one;" "'Under what name will you be known "." "Why does the pope his name?" "One in 553 was elected pope whose name was Mercury." "They thought it a bad idea, a pope the name of a pagan Roman god." "He chose the name John, He was John II." "The last time a Pope had changed his name sometime after 1500." "Eventually the patience of the crowd rewarded." "The 78-year-old Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is Pope Benedict XVI." "A world leader and the head of a church with over one billion followers." "Many think that the Vatican, The fortress of Christianity, no friend of science." "But unlike this, the church a scientific tradition that goes back centuries." "Rising from the Vatican Museums this square tower off limits for the tourists below." "Inside is one of the rarest rooms of the Vatican." "It was built in 1580 and called the tower of the wind." "The Julian calendar was introduced in 45 AD by Julius Caesar himself." "But by the time the tower was built, the suspicion arose Caesar's calendar that shifted." "This whole room is a scientific instrument, made to the pope to show the old Julian calendar was not good." "This room was built the accuracy of the calendar to measure by 12 hours at the height of the sun to measure during the meteorological seasons." "12 hours at projecting the Sun a light on this meridian." "At the spring equinox, the Sun this symbol should hit the floor, but when it came, Sat next to the beam," "which proved that the calendar was incorrect." "A solar year was shorter than anyone had thought namely about 11 minutes." "During the time minutes that were important." "One day a century was not a problem, but after 15 centuries is the difference." "And so, Pope Gregory XIII, that 10 days on October 15, 1582 were deleted from the calendar." "He also ordered that the new year would start on January 1 rather late in March as before." "The Protestant American colonies adapted themselves but slowly the new system of the Pope and used the old calendar another 200 years and celebrated New Year in late March." "People saw the Americans as fools, probably leading to April 1, as "April Fool's Day"." "During the 16th and 17th centuries The church stood at the front in making of scientific discoveries." "Most scientists in Europe lived in monasteries." "If you look at who is doing science, then the nobility, doctors and clergy." "See the data collection, that is the work of clergy." "Why is that?" "Because it was done by clerics." "But during this period of scientific research, was the church's reputation enemy of science." "Most people who say that the Church has always been anti-science, mention this Galileo." "Galileo, now known as the founder of modern science, was an Italian physicist, astronomer and mathematician of the 17th century." "Inspired by the theories of Copernicus" "Galileo discovered evidence that the earth actually revolves around the sun." "The idea that the earth revolves around the sun, instead of the other, as we always thought, was very frightening." "The Vatican was not yet ready to accept that." "It appealed to many fears their condemnation of Galileo and it came to power." "They did not like that Galileo said;" ""That's it, you can not deny it."" "They said, "we can deny until we say it is a fact, it's not a fact "." "Brought before the Inquisition on suspicion of heresy, and forced to publicly his ideas to review" "Galileo was sentenced to house arrest and forced his world views for themselves to keep the rest of his life." "The Vatican is now far removed the times of Galileo and the Bible does not as scientific evidence." "What you know of a scientific book, he is ten years out of date." "The Bible does not become obsolete, So the Bible is not a scientific work." "You do not enjoy to make a scientific book of it." "The Church sees science not as a threat for the teaching of the Bible." "And if the Vatican look at the sky, Now it looks through telescopes." "Astronomy is the only science, that elevates the human soul." "Himself a child six years old, says wow, if look at the sky." "Pope Paul VI was very interested in astronomy." "And when mankind first voyages made towards the sky;" ""That's one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind "" "He was one of the first with the astronauts on the Moon said." "Hail and blessed, conquerors of the moon." "Besides the summer residence of the Pope Castel Gandolfo, is the observatory of the Vatican." "Look carefully, because you can not see." "Here continues the Vatican, according to a long tradition, support scientific priests." "We actually do that research with NASA and other organizations do not pay because it is too speculative, too long, because you can not complete the project and money, because we do not need to worry about." "The church is so progressive, that the Vatican held a conference in 2009, to discuss the possible of other life in the universe." "This question is always asked, baptize aliens would you?" "Only if they ask for it, I would baptize them." "And maybe water is toxic to them, So you have to be careful with." "Religion is the reason I'm a scientist." "The beauty of philosophical questions if there are aliens, a computer will ever be intelligent, is not that we have an answer." "We know the answer." "It forces us to a deeper way think about such questions." "Religion and science overlap in one place and that is in man, who does science and religious." "The Pope is now a global celebrity." "Wherever he comes, he received by crowds, from a deep religiosity, or just out of curiosity." "But the Pope is not interested in fame, he is only interested in one thing." "It is the papacy and the church there to people to salvation." "Them to believe in Jesus Christ as our savior, so that they can be saved in heaven." "In order to spread Catholicism The church used to everything that is available." "In a world that appreciates celebrities, the Pope a celebrity." "The pope uses the culture and the media of the moment, to preach the word." "In the Middle Ages the Pope a General" "For the most efficient way to spread the word was with armies." "Sometimes it was forced to convert, sometimes there were crusades," "Sometimes it was terribly sinned in the name of the word by Catholic leaders, those values ?" "of the word should emphasize." "Throughout the centuries, the message of the church remained the same." "But the Vatican has a less bloody path found to spread the word." "February 12, 1931." "It was a cold February morning in Rome, when the papal limousine stopped in a building on Vatican hill," "Pius XI and got out." "Pope Pius XI was very important to this new tool, the radio, use to communicate with people, beyond the confines of Vatican City, outside the borders of Italy." "He was the one who received the Nobel Prize winner in physics, Guglielmo Marconi, called, for him to get the radio station building." "We forget how important it was Marconi in 1929." "He was the Bill Gates of the technology, He was the Alexander Graham Bell the technology," "He is thus called by the pope, Pius XI," "I've heard of that invention, I do not understand how radio waves work but I know what they can do for me, my message is heard until the end of the world." "Marconi works two years for Vatican Radio to set up and this is the microphone that Pius XI used, his first radio message to send." "For the first time in history to Catholics around the world hear the voice of the pope." "For 150 to 200 years people knew not who the Pope was, they knew his name." "You can hardly imagine the excitement when they heard the voice of the pope." "It was revolutionary." "Today, nearly 400 people at Vatican Radio." "For the pope remains the most effective way to preach the word." "Sean-Patrick Lovett is responsible for sending the message of the Pope to the farthest ends of the world" "Today our cameras and may take a look behind the scenes." "We send out in 40 languages." "We represent 90 nationalities." "It's really just a mini-UN." "In many countries which the Vatican hopes to achieve," "The radio is the only connection with the outside world." "That's why the Vatican annually $ 25 million from this." "Nearly 1 / 12 of its total budget." "Radio is a medium, that still continues to adjust to modern needs and modern times." "The radio is still the medium, that the Vatican used to reach beyond all borders." "But television Pope made the celebrity." "Television has changed the papacy." "You now popes media stars, traveling to their flocks around the world." "The Pope is more or less everyone became parish priest." "The undisputed master of the airwaves was John Paul II." "The camera changes The charismatic communicator" "In one of the most popular popes." "John Paul II was an actor, had the gift for communicating with people with theater skills, not to be theatrical." "The bending to kiss the ground, the sick people to stoop to kiss" "He was a master in action full of symbolism and that was perfect for television." "Now there is a new medium for the Vatican as a tool for the Gospel and this may again Changing the papacy." "This is the era of the cyber Vatican." "Every pope must preach the period in which he resides." "Whether facebook or twitter is Jesus preached about the birds in the sky and now we are tweeting about the gospel." "Almost 2,000 years was the message of the Pope for the people, from one side." "But now with the Internet, the people can talk back." "The message remains the same, the media changes." "The goal is unchanged." "Adapting itself to the time," "The Vatican has no equal the world." "This is a spiritual entity and there have been changes in 2000 years, but the church's doctrine and morality constantly with a changing worshiping community." "The church lives on." "Not because of the strength, or the intelligence of mankind, or the wealth of the church." "The church lives on because of a divine guarantee." "What makes it special is the fundamental commitment to something greater than us." "And as long as it leads us, as long as the Holy Spirit will basically remain the same." "The church wants to remain in the world and below the world and what is important and long-term importance, is something we all struggle." "Sub  Sync Jack the Ripper / Jopie123 Simply Releases Toppers"