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Saint of the Day: St. Pio of Pietrelcina

History

Book "The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine" on rocks

John Burger

Historical insights into Ukraine via ‘The Gates of Europe’

Medieval musical manuscript

J-P Mauro

What can Catholic chant reveal about different cultures?

statue of Junípero Serra

Damian Bacich

Junípero Serra: America’s inconvenient saint

book ancient scroll Middle Ages

Ray Cavanaugh

What’s a hagiography?

the scriptorium of the Abbey of Sylvanès in France

V. M. Traverso

How we have books: A brief history of the monastic scriptorium

Daniel Esparza

Greek baklava is made with 33 layers of dough – for religious reasons

Workers discover Frescoes at Naples State Archive Building

V. M. Traverso

A 16th-century chapel was found beneath a wall in Naples

Redeemer Church, Venice

V. M. Traverso

Exploring Venice’s 500-year-old Redeemer Festival

Harpsicord with sheet music

J-P Mauro

Long lost music book owned by Jane Austen recovered

Great Wall of China

V. M. Traverso

The “most wanted” Catholic missionary of 18th-century China

Book - Hugh O'Flaherty the Irish Priest Who Resisted the Nazis - on beach.

Theresa Civantos Barber

Amazing true story of World War II priest-hero for kids

Servant of the Suffering: Rose Hawthorne

J-P Mauro

Servant of God Rose Hawthorne has her own comic book

Book The Archaeology of Jesus' Nazareth on beach

John Touhey

Is this the house where Jesus learned to walk and talk?

BLACK MADONNA OF CZESTOCHOWA

Marzena Devoud

The day Our Lady of Czestochowa found herself behind bars

Najstarsza modlitwa do Maryi

Daniel Esparza

How candles were used to measure time

Children's Choir

J-P Mauro

Did you know “Amazing Grace” was almost lost at sea?

Christopher M. Graney

Jesuit priests were 1st to figure out hurricanes: Why that matters

MONASTERY

Daniel Esparza

Why are the Middle Ages referred to as “the Dark Ages”?

Titanic sinking, painting

Deacon Greg Kandra

Priest who died on Titanic has open cause for sainthood

Large Church bells

V. M. Traverso

This Italian foundry has made church bells for 1,000 years

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