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Originally Posted by everything2

Catholicism aside--some of you may be familiar with it--the Vatican library is one of the largest in the world, host to untold thousands of volumes the organization of which, no matter how good, will probably still have you taking the Lord's name in vain.

Founded over 500 years ago, the library has been the subject of intrigues, arguments, scandals, rumors, and mysteries, much like the many of its Popes. Stories of hidden stacks, secret archives, and yes, the largest collection of pornography in the world, have all leaked out into the world (no evidence of the latter has been reliably reported, though no doubt not for a lack of looking).

http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1236696

I actually got on this when I heard there is a secret Vatican Library in Canada that was moved there for protection during WWII & that no one is allowed to use it these days. I found the above by searching this:
Web Results 1 - 10 of about 67,700 for secret Vatican library in Canada. (0.55 seconds) powered by Google
What are they hiding from the world!? By what right? Good grief & oh bother.