Trade in religious relics--actual pieces of the bodies and artifacts of Catholic saints--has boomed recently. Supply has come from closing churches and monasteries; demand has come from baby boomers ...

The tour also includes relics from the Nativity, such as a piece of the Blessed Mother’s veil, a piece of Christ’s crib, and parts of the bones of the three Wise Men. The reliquary and skull of Saint ...

A small piece of Pope St. John Paul II’s tunic is keeping good company these days with a number of other holy relics: the bones of St. Anne, St. Maria Goretti, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Ignatius of ...

Many observant Catholics spent the All Saints’ Day holiday on Friday honoring the multitude of saints who are examples of faith and virtue for the religious. But the celebration will go on longer at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The possibility of the relic being on the sunken ship cannot be ruled out. A collector is said to have donated the relic in 2020 ...

It was a ceremony that, except for modern conveniences like central heating and electric lights, and a woman leading congregational singing from the lectern, could have occurred in a European ...

Piprahwa Buddha relics arrive in Leh for public veneration, attracting thousands to honor this significant spiritual occasion ...

A well-preserved tomb dating back more than 2,000 years was recently discovered in China. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said in a statement Wednesday that more than 600 relics were unearthed.