What, they can’t just use the attic? Or rent a POD? According to the BBC:

One of the world’s oldest libraries, at the Vatican, is to close for three years for rebuilding, in an unexpected blow to scholars around the world.
The decision to shut the library was made without warning.
After the library closes for its [...]

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At the behest of Russ (who himself has a blog, but, alas, I know not where), our resident computer genius, and in response to his passing chastisement concerning the recent inactivity here at CommonPlaces, I  give you these new and interesting book acquisitions in the library:
Nancy Kalikow Maxwell, Sacred Stacks: The Higher Purpose of [...]

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The pope is on vacation. Evidently he is at the papal equivalent of Camp David, or maybe Kennebunkport, the papal digs in the Italian Alps region of Castel Gandolfo. Here’s a picture:

He is apparently enjoying his vacation very much, and good for him. The Catholic World News reported on his remarks last [...]

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