On a trip to visit a relic, a mother explains how the church has long used them to help people around the world feel close to the saints and Jesus Christ.
St. Jude’s arm, kitsch and cartoon saints
Specialist researches, authenticates, restores relics for parishes, religious orders around world
An internationally known specialist in the identification, restoration and authentication of Catholic relics works from his home in Minneapolis to authenticate relics, return them to places of honor and ensure their reverential treatment.
Couple credits Blessed McGivney for saving husband from dying of COVID-19
Since the illness, the Hermosillos made a pilgrimage to New Haven in June and have shared their story of healing, recognizing the newfound grace they’ve received.
Archbishop from Assisi brings first-class relic of Blessed Acutis to U.S.
Blessed Acutis is the patron of the first year of a three-year eucharistic revival the U.S. bishops approved during their fall general assembly in November in Baltimore
Relic of ‘holy priest’ offers chance to pray for church and her ministers
The incorrupt heart of St. John Vianney was on tour through several parishes of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Feb. 20-26.
St. Faustina’s relic to grace Divine Mercy Shrine in Sauk Centre
A group of 28 pilgrims from the St. Cloud Diocese recently toured special sites in Poland — and returned with a first-class relic from the convent of St. Faustina Kowalska in Krakow.
Manila Archdiocese receives relic of St. John Paul II’s blood
The Archdiocese of Manila will be the custodian of a relic of St. John Paul II: a vial of the late pope’s blood that was to be placed in a reliquary for veneration starting April 7.
Rare relic of Auschwitz saint on display at Chicago church
The relics of St. Maximilian Kolbe, who died in Auschwitz Aug. 14, 1941 after volunteering to take the place of another man who was to be tortured in a room meant to starve people to death, have been given to churches around the world and displayed for public veneration.