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.

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 ...

A cross containing dirt stained with the blood of Sister Dorothy Stang, a U.S. member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur ...

Today, just a relic of the prior practice remains in a handful of scattered ... crime are based on inertia and emotion rather than solid evidence. That is especially true for the death penalty, which ...

The final resting place of the cup of Christ is the ‘holy grail’ of religious tourism. But hundreds of sites claiming to be ...

Andrew Blackall, an English antique dealer with more than 30 years of experience, discusses the fascinating stories that often lie behind ...

A life lesson Gen X had to learn the hard way is that life journeys are rarely linear. Most people make multiple false starts ...

He who is the ruler of all chose to be subject to His creation, to the point of offering His life on the cross to free us from ... While this is true, perhaps some may see Him as too much of ...

During that time, they uncovered thousands of antiques and relics in old barns and warehouses ... down to Florida to take a look at what is basically a cross between a motorcycle and an automobile ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad A half-dozen wide-eyed little tykes sat cross-legged on a carpeted ... pilgrims travel to worship purported relics of St. Nicholas — praying ...

an affirmation of the supreme miracle by which all peoples embrace the coming of hope and the true Light. Many Roman festive practices did find sanctuary in the medieval liturgical calendar ...