Discovering the Vatican
tv show

14 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired April 30, 2006
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Overview
First ever complete documentary series on the Vatican. Learn all details about history of St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican Museum, Swiss Guard, Papal cars and antiques, Vatican media, Vatican Gardens and many more. Produced in full HD quality 14 episodes story of over 6 hours of lengrth with unique pictures and breathtaking facts from inside of the Vatican.

Things that stayed, things that passed
Season 1 - Episode 13 - 6h 7m
Air Date
July 23, 2006
Overview
Formerly, one had to kiss Papal slippers and to talk to the Pope was possible only through the master of ceremony. Nowadays, everyone can shake Papal hands. Popes came down from king's thrones, litters, were emerging from the clouds of incense, in order finally to become someone very close and valued to us. In this episode we are trying to describe the big change that was done in the last hundred years during which the figure of the Holy Father became for million of faithful, as close as their own local person.