SECRETS
OF THE
VATICAN

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. INTRODUCTION: A PLACE LIKE NO OTHER
4. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
5. ROME: NOT BUILT IN A DAY
6. THE RISING
7. CRYPTIC
8. THE MAGNIFICENT MUSEUMS
9. LIFE IN THE VATICAN
10. LIVES OF THE POPES
11. Copyright page

DAVE YODER/L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE

IN THE SHADOWS, staff prepare the balcony from which Pope Francis will soon deliver his Urbi et Orbi address to the throng below.