That Time Ven. Fulton Sheen Was on "What's My Line?"
[See also: Innovative or an Eyesore? L.A.’s Controversial Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels] [See also: Why Satan Is So Scared of St. John Paul II, According to Rome’s Chief Exorcist]...
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Innovative or an Eyesore? L.A.'s Controversial Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
Fr. Robert Barron of Word on Fire is now Aux. Bishop-Elect of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. It’s the largest diocese in the United States in terms of members (5 million), and it dates back to 1840. It also has one of the most controversial cathedrals in the...
Burned by the Hands of Souls in Purgatory: A Museum's Rare Collection
Housed in the Chiesa del Sacro Cuore del Suffragio on the banks of the Tiber River in Rome, the Museo delle anime del Purgatorio, or Museum of the Souls of Purgatory, only takes up one room and has just one glass case with just a dozen items or so. Yet...
This Beautiful Roman Church Holds the Hearts of 25 Popes - Literally
The Catholic Church’s practice of preserving relics from saintly Christians after they die has a long history, dating all the way back to at least the 2nd century, if not earlier. But did you know there used to be a centuries-long tradition of preserving papal hearts? Not their...
The Earliest Alleged Marian Apparition Dates to... A.D. 40
Our Lady of Guadalupe dates to 1531. Our Lady of Lourdes dates to 1858. Our Lady of Fátima dates to 1917. The most popular Marian apparitions all occurred in the last few centuries, which, in the greater perspective of Church history, is fairly recent. But there was a whole other...
A Brief History of that Great Symbol of the Faith: the Crucifix
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