Posts Tagged ‘relics’

Unprecedented: St Peter’s relics to be displayed for public veneration

Tuesday, November 12th, 2013

The Vatican is planning to end the Year of Faith with an unprecedented display of St Peter’s relics. It is the first time in history, the bones, believed to be those of first Bishop of Rome’s bones will leave the Vatican Grotto and be on display for public veneration. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president for the Pontifical Read more

Fantastically Bejeweled Skeletons of Catholicism’s Forgotten Martyrs

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013

When Peter Koudounaris, an art historian was asked, “Are you interested in seeing a dilapidated old church in the forest with a skeleton standing there covered in jewels and holding a cup of blood in his left hand like he’s offering you a toast?” his’ answer was, “Yes, of course.” The skeleton, he learned, was Read more

Tests confirm ‘John the Baptist’s bones’ could be the real thing

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

New dating evidence supports claims that bones found under a church floor in Bulgaria could be those of John the Baptist — although of course they could equally well belong to his contemporary Fred the Goatherd. Nevertheless, it’s unusual to find holy relics that could possibly be what they claim, and the researchers say they’re Read more

Underground sale of relics

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011