G. P. Fogarty, S.J.: The Archivio Segreto Vaticano (ASV), the Vatican Secret Archives! Even the term sounds ominous. Much of this image stems from the name of this collection of documents—“Secret” here does not mean what English speakers mean; rather it pertains to the secretariat, to what has been set aside or preserved for the use of the pope and his advisers.
Leigh Ann Craig of Virginia Commonwealth University explores women’s places and roles and medieval Christendom and finds that even in this period, cultural mores were abstract
Carol K. Coburn of Avila University on Catholic history in the public sphere–in museums, on TV, and on the Web.
Sixty-six historians gathered at the Friend Center at Princeton University for the 2010 spring meeting of the American Catholic Historical Association earlier this month. Read the recap and view a photo gallery.