“I do not think that word means what you think it means.” The Vatican Secret Archives are now available online. Just go to the Vatican web site and click on the link under “Focus.”
Now of course, that they’re secret doesn’t mean that it contains classified documents or lists of the nefarious dealings. It means that they are closely held records, sometimes including sacramental or canonical dealings of the internal forum and that access to such information is severely restricted. Still, Secret Archives has a nice nefarious ring to it.
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Nice touch: Fezzik to Vizzini (The Princess Bride 1987)
Even better:
Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha –
So much for keeping to the subject.
Actually, it does contain classified documents. The documents of the Secretariat of State and the Diplomatic archives.