Saturday 18 May |

Saint of the Day: St. John I

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SISTINE CHAPEL

J-P Mauro

The Sistine Chapel comes to Nebraska (and beyond) in new immersive exhibit

OFFICE

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240 Women scholars challenge the narrative that abortion leads to equality

SAINT PAUL CATHEDRAL

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Virtual recreation of St. Paul’s Cathedral captures the sounds of 17th-century worship

La Trappe

Daniel Esparza

“Liquid bread”: An introduction to monk-made beer

dates

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Ancient date palms from the time of Christ revived by science and yielding fruit

VIKING

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14th-century monk knew of America long before Christopher Columbus

Breaking In The Habit

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YouTube priest entertains with ‘18 Minutes of Useless Catholic Trivia’

SWISS GUARD OATH

Daniel Esparza

Michelangelo did not design the Swiss Guard’s uniform

POPE PIUS IX

Daniel Esparza

The first pope to travel by train

POPE PIUS XI

Daniel Esparza

Pope Pius XI was the first to use a mobile phone … in 1932

Israel Antiquities Authority Official Channel

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Archaeologists unearth 6th-century church named for an unknown martyr

BULLET PROOF VEST

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Did you know that a Catholic priest is credited with inventing the bulletproof vest?

CHORAŁ GREGORIAŃSKI

Daniel Esparza

Gregory the Great did not invent “Gregorian” Chant

Catholic University

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CUA displays 200-year-old document to celebrate Mexican Bicentennial

ORGAN

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Reconstructing a 12th-century pipe organ discovered in the Holy Land

NOTRE DAME TRUSS

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Catholic University to recreate Notre Dame de Paris truss with medieval methods

FRANCE-WWII-LIBERATION OF PARIS

Lauriane Vofo Kana

Nazi flag on church in occupied France torn down by teens, including future priest

the WIZARD OF OZ

J-P Mauro

Dorothy’s dress from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ discovered at Catholic University

TITANIC SINKING

Francisco Veneto

2 World-famous movies that should have included Catholic priests

Cathedral of Saint-Etienne Metz Lorraine Moselle France

Caroline Becker

The romantic and tragic legend behind the Cathedral of Metz’s bell toll every night at 9:50 pm

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