In the Footsteps of Peter was commissioned by the Vatican in anticipation and in celebration of the Jubilee of the Year of Our Lord 2000. It makes available the world’s most spectacular and sacred repository of Art, History and Faith, and in so doing illuminates and chronicles the great journey of the human spirit. It is the culmination of three years of research and filming of the Vatican museums and buildings, the collaboration of 32 scholars and historians from around the world, a crew of 40 directors of photography, operators, and lighting technicians, state-of-the-art digital cinematography, lighting, animation, and computerized editing, and the work of a composer Stelvio Cipriani with original performances by master musicians. The eight programs include:

Volume I: The Vatican Museums: History, Art Works & Personalities

Volume II: Roman & Etruscan Art in the Vatican Museums

Volume III: Greek & Egyptian Art in the Vatican Museums

Volume IV: The Origins of Christian Art & the Sistine Chapel

Volume V: The Raphael Rooms, The Loggia & The Historical Museum at St. John Lateran

Volume VI: The Ethnological Museum & The Picture Gallery

Volume VII: The Collection of Modern Religious Art & The Apostolic Palace

Volume VIII: Vatican City & The Great Basilica