An Arkansas deacon crafts a Jubilee Cross with a relic from the cross Jesus carried, symbolizing hope and mercy during the Holy Year of the Diocese of Little Rock.
Alter described it as "the idea that like part of the True Cross; like part of the rib of a saint in a European cathedral, this is a relic that for some people, touching it, looking at it ...
The relics of what is known as the True Cross were given to King Charles by Pope Francis, as a coronation gift. The cross uses Welsh materials such as slate, reclaimed wood, and silver from the ...
The great American writer Mark Twain once toured the Holy Land and wrote about it in 1869, saying he found “this relic matter” is “a little overdone.… We find a piece of the true cross in ...