The objects are indeed real – they are the centuries-old skeletal, human remains exhumed from Rome's underground catacombs.

Perpetua and Felicity, early saints mentioned in Eucharistic Prayer ... here are 10 things to know about these early martyrs. Perpetua was a young Christian woman and martyr who died just after ...

St. Justin Martyr Born in Flavia Neapolis (in Palestinian Syria) around 100; conversion to Christianity around 130; martyred in Rome in the year 165, under Marcus Aurelius. Saint Justin Martyr (as ...

ON FRIDAY IN FEDERAL COURT, A JUDGE ACCEPTED A PLEA AGREEMENT SENTENCING THE FORMER RELIGION TEACHER AT SAINT STEPHEN MARTYR CATHOLIC SCHOOL TO 19 YEARS AND SEVEN MONTHS IN PRISON. MY CLIENT IS 40 ...

Above the Abbey's Great West Door stand ten statues to modern martyrs - Christians who gave up their lives ... It was decided to use the ten niches not just to commemorate saints or worthy figures ...

To become a saint in the Catholic Church, the Vatican’s Dicastery ... according to the Vatican department for saints. The ...

Canonization is the final step towards sainthood in the Catholic Church ... group are 11 individuals known as the "martyrs of Damascus," who have become saints some 160 years after their death.

Among the Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine’s grounds ... the Blessed Mother and saints.” Though the shrine receives pilgrims from Catholic schools, New York City and, indeed, all over the world ...