Vatican "Porn" Collection to go Online

Vatican "Porn" Collection to go Online

Fans of antique erotica, rejoice. The world's largest collection of pornography is about to be published on the web. Just make sure you have a credit card handy.

The Vatican Secret Archives announced yesterday plans to digitise a previously unacknowledged collection of prohibited materials.

Kept hidden by an act of pontifical secrecy, the items, once decreed obscene, are being unveiled as part of a new papal directive on transparency.

The collection includes tens of thousands of drawings, frescoes, engravings, artifacts, and ephemera dating from the Reniassance back to classical antiquity.

Included in the materials available for a free but censored preview are an illuminated manuscript depicting the Song of Solomon and several illustrations of Mary Magdalene.

Profits to Defray Bankrupt Dioceses

Costs and pricing for full access to the online collection have not been finalized. Income generated from paying subscribers will be set aside in a special account administered by the Catholic Church.

The account will be used to reimburse losses by churches that have decalred bankruptcy to eliminate their obligation to pay court judgements in sexual abuse cases.

Government, Industry Experts to Oversee Project

Funding for the collection's digitisation has been procured via an executive order from Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi, who has expressed a strong interest in "protecting our priceless cultural heritage." Berlusconi has appointed a confidential liaison to oversee the process.

Age verification, credit card processing, and account maintenance will be run by adult entertainment magnate Larry Flint.

Link to BBC source

What do you guys think of this?

I think its excellent that the Vatican is finally giving us a glimpse of whats contained within the archives etc.

Ill be sure to study and report my findings to the ATS community.

01/04/11 or 04/01/11 may be relevant...

although the article was dated 31/3/2011

not sure about their motives as they seem a bit on the evil side but its good news that they are releasing these things.

reply to post by XXXN3O


Okay.
So...what else is going on that they need to distract people with this, then?

"Funding for the collection's digitisation has been procured via an executive order from Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi, who has expressed a strong interest in "protecting our priceless cultural heritage." Berlusconi has appointed a confidential liaison to oversee the process. "

I hope the churches reopening from the funds gained do not reinstate the previous priest.

this has to be an april fool

because i cant see the pope and larry flint getting on that well

Originally posted by digby888
this has to be an april fool

because i cant see the pope and larry flint getting on that well

yeah...with Heffner asking for forgiveness as Larry and the Pope duke it out

No way the Vatican is releasing their archives of anything otherwise the secret will be revealed and the power will be lost