Vatican Splendors and many other richly adorned possessions and religious items used by previous popes in the past. "'This is just a taste of all the wealth of art and its beauty the Vatican owns,' said Monsignor Roberto Zagnoli, one of three curators of the Vatican Museums." The most unusual papal artifact there is the bronze sculpture of John Paul II's hands. It is special because it is the only item people are allowed to touch. The papal display is completed with many portraits and busts of the popes as well as a chronological presentation of all the bishops of Rome beginning
The Yugoslav Auschwitz and the Vatican "Jasenovac, das jugoslawische Auschwitz und der Vatikan" published by Ahriman-Verlag GmbH (January 31, 2001). The Yugoslav Auschwitz and the Vatican The Yugoslav Auschwitz and the Vatican is a book written by Vladimir Dedijer, World War II Yugoslav Partisan and revolutionary, a university professor and a human rights activist.The book is a shortened version of Dedijer's two books written in Serbian: "Vatikan i Jasenovac" and "Vatikan i Jasenovac Dokumenti", published by Rad Publishing House Belgrade in 1987. It was published in English under the title, "The Yugoslav Auschwitz and the Vatican: The Croatian Massacre of the Serbs During World War II"