As Advent approached, Pope Francis gave a small fragment of Jesus' crib back to Catholics in the Holy Land. In Bethelehem, West Bank, Franciscan Father Rami Asakrieh of St. Catherine Church welcomed ...

A small relic of wood believed to be a fragment of the manger where Jesus was laid after his birth arrived in Bethlehem on Saturday, a gift from Pope Francis to help mark the start of the Christmas ...

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 ...

(CNN) — A fragment of wood believed to be from Jesus’ manger is back in the Holy Land just in time for Christmas. The tiny inches long relic was first taken out of the Middle East in the 7th century ...

It was a special evening at Guardian Angel Parish in Oran on Thursday, March 14. Friends of Father Joseph Kelly, Stan & Janet Schwent of Bloomsdale, brought the Holy Face of Jesus Relic to Oran for ...

After her pilgrimage to the Holy Land, St. Helena brought fragments of the True Cross, the cross on which Jesus died. A fragment on the True Cross on which Jesus was condemned to death. (photo: Daniel ...

Find today’s readings here. We know the visual: A Roman centurion stabs the crucified Christ in the side to confirm that he is dead, causing blood and water to pour forth from his wound. I have always ...

Franciscan Father Rami Asakrieh holds a reliquary containing what is believed to be a small fragment of Jesus' crib Dec. 1, 2019, in the Franciscan Church of St. Catherine, which is adjacent to the ...

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