CNA Staff, Oct 21, 2025 / 15:56 pm

Reports circulating in media outlets and on social media in October 2025 allege that the Vatican has opened a prayer room for Muslims in the Apostolic Library.

Claim: The Vatican Library has opened a prayer room for Muslims.

CNA finds: The library does allow Muslim scholars a room in which to pray while they are on site doing research in the Vatican’s extensive archives.

Breakdown: In mid-October 2025, sensational news coverage rocketed around internet media outlets and social media feeds: The Vatican is “allow[ing]” a “designated Muslim prayer room” in its Apostolic Library ( National Review ); the library has “add[ed] a Muslim prayer room” ( The Dallas Express ); the Vatican has “[set] up [a] dedicated Muslim prayer room at [the] heart of [th

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