Earlier, in 2001, Cultural traditions of the Semeiskie OldBelievers of Transbaikalia were the first to be recognized by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in Russia.
The Pope's policy does not change church doctrine and applies only to the Year of Mercy, a centuries-old Catholic practice during which believers may receive special indulgences for their sins.
On first viewing, Vaticano.org was essentially utopian, subversively foisting a new-and-improved vision of Catholicism on believers, so that the true encyclicals would seem untenably old-fashioned.