Do You Have to Be a Catholic Scholar to Get Access to the Secret Archives?

The secret archives web page makes a point of saying that it can be accessed by scholars of all nationalities and all faiths. They don't even ask what your religion is, so your faith can be anything or nothing. Up to 60 scholars have access to the study rooms at one time, so 60 people a day. These scholars come from about 60 nations on average each year. So there's like 12 hundred scholars annually that come to the archives. And ob sly, you need to be knowledgeable about how to handle archiva materials,. since you're going to be using them... they don't want you getting chito stains all over these centuries old documents.