Saturday 10 April |

Saint of the Day: St. Michael of the Saints

Christian

PAKISTAN CHILDREN

J-P Mauro

Catholic charity backs campaign to protect minority girls in Pakistan

CROSS

Lucien de Guise

How the cross came to be the symbol of Christianity

SWEATER

Cerith Gardiner

The beautiful spiritual traditions behind the Aran sweater

MARDIN TURKEY

J-P Mauro

Excavation of ancient church reveals breathtaking 1,600-year-old floor mosaic

St. Mary’s Church

J-P Mauro

‘Chronicles of Narnia’ statues come to a medieval English church

NIGERIA UNREST

J-P Mauro

Bishop calls attention to “genocide” in Nigeria

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG

J-P Mauro

Swiss dig reveals 1,000-year-old Christian jewelry mold

Maltese cross

J-P Mauro

How the Maltese Cross helped refugees in WWII

JESUS BAPTISM SITE

Jordan Tourism Board N.A.

How do we know this is where Jesus was baptized?

Uncovering the house of the Blackfriars in Stirling

J-P Mauro

Remains of Scottish revolutionary-era friar identified from clothes

J-P Mauro

Qumran: Travel to the archaeological park where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found

PRINCE OF PEACE

J-P Mauro

Masterful painting of Jesus by 8-year-old prodigy saved from obscurity

JORDAN RIVER,BAPTISM SPOT OF CHRIST

Daniel Esparza

Top 10 biblical destinations in Jordan

Daniel Esparza

Listen to ‘Veni, Veni, Emmanuel,’ a traditional Advent hymn

Sant Climent

Daniel Esparza

The apse of the church of Sant Climent of Taüll, a Romanesque masterpiece

J-P Mauro

New technology shows Norway’s stave churches are older than believed

MILAN

Daniel Esparza

One of the most perfect statues of the Italian Renaissance shows the martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew

Daniel Esparza

The many meanings of bears in Christian art

J-P Mauro

9 Celebrities who have made the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage

CATACOMBES CALLIXTE

Daniel Esparza

The “Crypt of the Popes” in the Catacombs of Callixtus holds the remains of 16 popes and 60 martyrs

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