Monday 20 May |

Saint of the Day: Mary, Mother of the Church

Church History

SAINT BRENDAN

Philip Kosloski

Was St. Brendan the first to celebrate a thanksgiving Mass in America?

UNDERWATER BYZANTINE BASILICA

Zelda Caldwell

The underwater ruins of Nicaea: The birthplace of the Creed

SAINT MARY'S CHURCH

V. M. Traverso

The first Catholic Church in the Hudson Valley served Irish immigrants

ULRICH OF AUGSBURG,ST SWIDBERT

Philip Kosloski

These bishops were the first saints officially canonized by a pope

WESTMINSTER ABBEY

J-P Mauro

The oldest door in Britain is in Westminster Abbey

JOAN OF ARC

Philip Kosloski

2 Ancient categories that all saints are separated into

TRITONIS,DREAM

Daniel Esparza

The “devil’s chord”: A forbidden medieval musical sequence

CATACOMBE

J-P Mauro

The oldest known images of the apostles

FRANCIS

J-P Mauro

The reason Franciscans wear brown

LITTLE CHAPEL

V. M. Traverso

Discovering the history of Guernsey’s most unusual “Little Chapel”

COFFEE,BEANS

J-P Mauro

Coffee was “Satan’s brew” before Pope Clement VIII baptized it

EPHESUS; ST PAUL'S CAVE

V. M. Traverso

A quick guide to St. Paul’s travels according to today’s map

SAO LOURENCO

V. M. Traverso

São Lourenço, the incredible blue-tiled church in Algarve, Portugal

ATTIC CHURCH

V. M. Traverso

The secret Catholic chapel in the attic created in Reformation-era Amsterdam

CHURCH

Zelda Caldwell

Incredible before-and-after photos: An abandoned medieval church is restored

BIBLE

Philip Kosloski

Who divided the Bible into chapters and verses?

PENITENT MONKS

Nicholas Senz

Why an indulgence of so many days never was about getting time off Purgatory

PRAYING

Katrina Fernandez

What can regular churchgoers actually do when the Church is in crisis?

CSNTERV=BURY CATHEDRAL STAINED GLASS

Stephen Beale

Canterbury stained glass discovered to date back to 12th century

SAINT PHILIP NERI

Philip Kosloski

5 Saints who helped reform the Catholic Church

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