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Saint of the Day: St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen

Catholic history

WESTMINSTER ABBEY

Lucien de Guise

Royal Peculiars: A reminder of the British monarchy’s Catholic past

MADONNA OF THE SNOW

V. M. Traverso

The story behind the Madonna of the Snow

SAINT THOMAS BECKET

Lucien de Guise

The murder of St. Thomas Becket: The British Museum marks its 850th anniversary

CUSCO CATHEDRAL; PERU; ZAPATA; LAST SUPPER

V. M. Traverso

The surprising works of art in Peru’s Cusco Cathedral

OLDEST CHRISTIAN SIGNATURE

John Burger

Oldest letter between Christians identified in Switzerland

Rievaulx Abbey

Zelda Caldwell

Here’s how medieval monks prepared for Christmas

SANTA'S PORTRAIT; Thomas Nast

Zelda Caldwell

Our idea of Santa Claus was dreamed up by an anti-Catholic cartoonist

ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

John Burger

Friday the 13th and how being scared is more interesting than reality

SAINT JOSEPH

Fr. Patrick Briscoe, OP

The first Catholic church in Ohio was built for priest-deprived pioneers

MEDIEVAL

Zelda Caldwell

Over 160,000 pages of medieval manuscripts are now available online

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

Andrew Fowler

How the Knights of Columbus grieved after JFK’s assassination

poste vaticane

V. M. Traverso

How the Catholic Church helped create postal services

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J-P Mauro

Voces8 performing Fauré’s “Pie Jesu” will bring you to tears

Abbey of Saint Augustine

Daniel Esparza

The great abbey of St. Augustine marked the rebirth of Christianity in England

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V. M. Traverso

You too will die: This Portuguese chapel is decorated with 5,000 human bones as a helpful reminder

Lucien de Guise

The Eleanor Crosses: A British royal romance etched in stone

ST MARTIN;CANTERBURY

Daniel Esparza

St. Martin’s Church of Canterbury is the oldest church in the entire English-speaking world

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Daniel Esparza

The story of St. Peter-on-the-Wall, one of the oldest churches in England

John Burger

The Ku Klux Klan vs. Catholics: a sad chapter in American history

V. M. Traverso

The haunting beauty of the “Black Hours” medieval prayer books

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