Vatican Library (for free) online Mary Ann Russon, IBT Wednesday, June 24, 2015 The Vatican Library is making 4,000 ancient manuscripts from all over the world available online for free, with more to come. Here, some photos. © 2024 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.