Secrets of the Vatican Written, directed and produced by Antony Thomas for the US Public Broadcasting System TV series "Frontline", "Secrets of the Vatican" was co-produced by Jason Berry in the United States and Helen Fitzwilliam in Rome. "(in order of first appearance)" Secrets of the Vatican Secrets of the Vatican is an American television documentary film. It was first aired on the PBS Channel on 25 February 2014 as an episode of PBS' "Frontline" TV series. The film covers the period after the death of John Paul II up to the first year of Pope Francis while positing a theory of what made
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