The Sisters of Charity of New York have donated several of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton's relics to the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, it was announced on March 1. The relics, which include ...

Relics are explicitly biblical (2 Kings 13:20-21): So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year. And as a man was being buried, lo, a ...

From the finger of St. Thomas to the arm of St. Jude to the miraculous blood of St. Januarius and the Shroud of Turin, the Catholic Church is home to a plethora of relics. To an outsider, the ...

How can an ancient object connect Catholics to the sacrifice of Jesus? Why does the Catholic Church venerate and safeguard these objects with such care? These questions begin Mysteries of the Faith, a ...

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 ...