The silver coffin of St. Teresa of Ávila was opened in Alba de Tormes Aug. 28 only to confirm her body has remained incorrupt since her death in 1592. The opening of her tomb marks the beginning of a study of her
The line to enter the relic chapel at the National Eucharistic Congress snaked a long way through the Indiana Convention Center while the event took place from July 17-21.
Congress attendees seeking to venerate the relics of several saints at times stood in
Thousands of Maronite Catholics shut down the streets of the Sydney suburb of Punchbowl to welcome relics of Lebanon's most well-known saint to their new permanent home in Australia.
Queues of faithful braced the rain May 8 along the avenue where St. Charbel's
Thanks to St. Mark’s Gospel, we know that the disciples came and took St. John the Baptist’s body, but what happened to his head? The location of St. John the Baptist’s head can be traced over the centuries, taking the Eastern Rite
In December 2023, Christophe Grunenwald, a knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem since 2000, was given a special task of representing his order at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. His task is in fact a major duty
In a side chapel of the Basilica of St. Praxedes in Rome sits a fragment of black and white stone. It is claimed to be the Column of Flagellation, a piece of the pillar at which Jesus was scourged, brought back to
Nearly 3,500 of the faithful came from as far as Maine and Maryland and waited over two hours to view 200 relics of Jesus, the Holy Family, and various saints, martyrs and blesseds exhibited at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Oratory in
For the first time, first-class relics of the Blessed Ulma family — a Polish Catholic family murdered by the Nazis for secretly sheltering Jews during the Second World War — are coming to the United States. Catholics are invited to venerate the
Pilgrims have long been drawn to the Cathedral in Aachen, Germany to venerate the Infant Jesus’ swaddling clothes. Allison Barrick explains how these simple strips of cloth carry deeper insight into the person of Jesus, the Holy Family and Christ’s salvific mission.
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Nicholas in Kyiv, part of the Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, celebrated a patronal Mass Dec. 6, after which the faithful had an opportunity to venerate the relics of the St. John Paul II.