According to tradition, a part of the Holy Cross was discovered by ... the Wood of the Cross.' Adoration or veneration of an image or representation of Christ's cross does not mean that we ...

Fundamentally, it is first and foremost, a religious festival centered on the veneration of the Holy Child, with the oldest religious relic vintage April 1521, the same icon which was offered to ...

The icon was ... to public veneration and the logical site was their church of St. Alphonsus, standing as it did between the Basilicas of St. Mary Major and St. John Lateran. The Holy Father ...

Now, researchers digging in the Holy Land are sifting fact from fiction ... doubts that he’s a historical figure.” A bejeweled icon, or encolpion, worn by Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox ...

Both the original images of the Santo Niño and the Ecce Homo are displayed for veneration inside ... nearby Magellan’s Cross to offer candles and prayers before the icon that symbolizes the ...

(OSV News) — The streets of the Philippine capital of Manila were packed Jan. 9 with throngs of faithful devotees jostling for a brush with the encased icon of the Black Nazarene. On the third and ...

Clement ruled that Lirey could continue to display the Shroud of Turin, but that they would have to specify that it was an “icon” and not a historical ... claimed that the shroud was indisputably holy ...

(OSV News photo/Eloisa Lopez, Reuters) The streets of the Philippine capital of Manila were packed Jan. 9 with throngs of faithful devotees jostling for a brush with the encased icon of the Black ...

Prayer is basically spiritual conversation, of which there are many kinds, including meditation, contemplation, intercession, veneration, adoration, praise and lament, formal prayers like the Hail ...

This symposium is co-organized by Audrey Seah (College of the Holy Cross) and Kirk VanGilder (Gallaudet University ... century become for Indian Catholics a figure of devotion and an icon of their ...

If you only have time for one cultural site, the Chapel of the Holy Cross should be it. This stunning church – designed by sculptor Marguerite Brunswig Staude (a student of architect Frank Lloyd ...

Saudi Arabia has opened its holy cities, Makkah and Madinah, to foreign investment in real estate, aiming to enhance tourism development. The move aligns with Vision 2030's goal to diversify the ...