Tag: veneration of relics
Why do Catholics venerate relics?
The veneration of relics is a fundamentally biblical practice; it is not some sort of innovation in the centuries after Christ. On the contrary,...
Two U.S. Catholic sites hold vast collections of relics
The Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics in Ohio is home to more than 1,153 relics, ranging from slivers of Christ's cross and...
Authenticating and protecting relics: The new Vatican instruction
The significance of relics in the church is well crystallized by the Gospel story of the woman desperate to stop her bleeding who approached...