A rare look at the Vatican Library's treasures - ["60 Minutes" April 10 at 7 p.m. ET/PT]

CBS News ^ | April 8, 2011

[GonzoII]

CBS News) Only the pope can borrow from the Vatican Library; it's not open to the public because it's chock full of some of the oldest, one-of-a-kind cultural treasures known to man, including 2,000-yr.old copies of the gospels of Luke and John.

But Morley Safer and "60Minutes" got an all-access pass this Sunday, April 10 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

From the works of Michelangelo and Galileo to the priceless personal baubles commissioned by popes and princes 600 years ago, get ready to ooh and ah. The library, in a way, has become the attic of Western civilization.

"Nobody knows what's exactly there," says Fr. Michael Collins, of the shelves that if stretched end to end, would measure 31 miles.

Fr. Collins has written extensively about the collection. "It would be impossible for the human brain, I think, to understand, to remember the titles, who wrote it, when they were written," he tells Safer.

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[GonzoII]

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[GonzoII]

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[GonzoII]

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A rare look at the Vatican Library's treasures - ["60 Minutes" April 10 at 7 p.m. ET/PT]

[yldstrk]

Nice for 60 Minutes to have a real interest story and not another ‘problem’ that needs to be co depended about

[SpaceBar]

Probably just giving the muslims a heads-up on things to burn.

[GonzoII]

You gotta ping this one!

[yldstrk]

Oh I hadn’t thought about that

[Wonder Warthog]

"Nice for 60 Minutes to have a real interest story and not another ‘problem’ that needs to be co depended about."

Knowing "60 Minutes" from their past performance, I'm sure they will slip in SOME either anti-Christian or anti-Catholic talking points. And no, I'm NOT going to watch "60 Minutes" even for this opportunity.

[sawmill trash]

I wonder if they occasionally have FOL (Friends Of The Library) sales to get rid of all the old stuff ?

[GonzoII]

"I wonder if they occasionally have FOL (Friends Of The Library) sales to get rid of all the old stuff ?"

That would be a good idea...before they chuck it all out..

[Lawgvr1955]

I wonder if the Pope, like me when I was a kid, has to pay 5 cents a day for books returned late?

[Mach9]

Thanks so much for this post! It’s been so long since I watched anything on CBS that I had to look up the channel.

[NYer]

You can get a head start with an online visit to the library.

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[Don Corleone]

it's not open to the public because it's chock full of some of the oldest, one-of-a-kind cultural treasures known to man,

Including the LFBC?

[GonzoII]

Living Faith Bible College?

[Lucas McCain]

“...including 2,000-yr.old copies of the gospels of Luke and John.”

Credibility alert! Neither of these gospels had been written 2000 years ago.

[the invisib1e hand]

CBS News) Only the pope can borrow from the Vatican Library; it's not open to the public

you know us Catholics, always keeping things from the masses, what with chaining the bible to the altar rail and things like that there.

[GonzoII]

ca. 2000, for John, and that’s a fact as it was written around the begining of the 2nd cent.

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