Amy Surak, the archivist at Manhattan University in New York, oversees a collection of holy relics that have been accumulated by the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a lay order of the Catholic ...

Roman Catholic churches abound with similar holy relics, to which miraculous power is ascribed. The cross on which Jesus was crucified was said to be dug up on Mount Calvary three centuries afterward.

Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski / Evan Larkin, 10, of Patton looks at a theca relic holder during a presentation and exposition of sacred relics at the Queen of Peace Catholic Church social ...

Researchers took samples from the tooth in 2016. The results, not widely disseminated, showed it was from someone in the 5th ...

Relics can admittedly feel a bit morbid – and yet, so holy. What exactly is their appeal? To me, it’s the physical closeness, especially with parts of a saint’s own body – what the Catholic Church ...

The holy relics of St Bernadette of Lourdes will be ... According to the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, there will be opportunities to venerate the relics privately as well as by ...