Vatican City, Sep 9, 2010 / 13:49 pm
The Vatican Apostolic Library will be reopened again this month after three years of reconstruction. As its director explained to Vatican Radio, it aims to be a cultural aid, to offer a glimpse of the "great truth of the world of God."
Vatican Radio interviewed the library's prefect, Msgr. Cesare Pasini about the grand reopening set to take place on Sept. 20.
Noting a series of initiatives scheduled to mark the reopening of the library this fall, the prefect also spoke of the value of the library to all people.
He said that by reopening the library, "we not only show scholars and the world what we have done ... but we remodel ourselves on this fundamental spirit, on our mission, so that we don't just make it a place to consult books."