Relics may be one of the weirdest parts of being Catholic. In everyday life we often save momentos from loved ones who have passed away: jewelery, sweaters, a blanket they made. Rarely do we save someon’e arm, heart, or toe–unless they were a saint. St....
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m one of “those” architecture junkies who aren’t fans of the design of the Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in downtown L.A. It just feels more like a modern art museum to me: a sentiment I’ve heard from many others as well....
VATICAN CITY – For more than three hundred years, thick wooden planks covered the marble Holy Stairs. But those planks didn’t stop millions of pilgrims from climbing the hard stairs on their knees while meditating on the passion and death of Christ. But...
February 22 is the Feast Day of St. Peter’s Chair in Rome. Here are some facts on the real, physical chair which is located inside the Vatican. Magisterial authority The Gospel of Matthew states at 23:2-3 that, “The scribes and the Pharisees have sat on...
Often in pop culture, medieval Catholics are portrayed as boldly (maybe blindly) going off to fight in the Crusades and coming back from the Holy Land with relics of the Crucifixion of Christ. But the actual stories of the relics of the Crucifixion and how they were...
