Кардинал Кевін Фаррелл, Камерленг Святої Римської Церкви зі скорботою сповістив про смерть 88 річного Папи римського Франциска
Повідомляє VATICANNEWS «Дорогі брати і сестри, з глибоким сумом мушу сповістити про смерть нашого Святішого Отця Франциска. Сьогодні о 7:35 ранку Єпископ Риму Франциск повернувся до дому Отця. Все його життя було присвячене служінню Господу та Його Церкві. Він вчив нас жити цінностями Євангелія з вірністю, відвагою та вселенською любов’ю, особливо на користь найбідніших та…
Daily Prayers with Decomposing Corpses: Death Chairs at Aragonese Castle
The Aragonese Castle is a castle built on top of a rocky islet next to Ischia, a small Italian island on the northern end of the Gulf of Naples. Whilst a stronghold is said to have already been built during Classical times, much of the present structure dates to the Middle Ages. The Aragonese Castle…
Christians Supplied Medieval Pagans with Horses for Sacrifice for Funeral Rituals
In the late medieval period, pagans in the Baltic region of northern Europe imported horses from neighboring Christian nations for use in funeral rituals, according to a study. Horse sacrifices were highly visible and symbolic public rites across pagan prehistoric Europe, persisting the latest among the Baltic tribes, up to the 14th century AD. Offering pits might…

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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: “As the Mother Church, it is reasonable to desire the restoration of unity for the divided ecclesiastical body in Ukraine”

Head of the Eastern Orthodox Church Patriarch Bartholomew I. Photo by Massimo Finizio, Wikipedia Commons.   His All-Holiness expressed the…

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Hermit from Palermo. Isravele

Photo by Raija Kalioinen  In 1996 Isravele - the name after which the worker has renamed himself - decides to…

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The way to study history through animation

A large number of interesting maps in the form of animated videos can be found on YouTube channel Ollie Bye.  Dozens…

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Historical Churches in Iran

The majority of churches in Iran that possess historical and artistic value were built around the eight century A.H. or…

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The Spanish monk who built cathedral from scrap

As a young man, he joined a Trappist monastery but had to leave in 1961, after eight years, when he…

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Pope Francis tells gay man: “God made you like this”

Juan Carlos Cruz said some of Chile’s bishops had sought to depict him as a pervert as they accused him…

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Excavations start on Palestine’s oldest monastery

The Palestinian government and international organizations started a major excavation to restore St. Hilarion Monastery, locally known as Tell Umm…

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Pope condemns in Gaza killings

Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned the killing of Palestinians near the Gaza-Israel border, saying the deaths would only lead to…

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The Great Lavra of St. Sabas. Judean Desert, Palestine

Photo: photito.com The Great Lavra of St. Sabas, known in Arabic as Mar Saba, is a Greek Orthodox monastery overlooking…

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Family of six carried out bombings at three churches in Surabaya (Indonesia’s East Java province)

 Bombings at three churches in Surabaya, in Indonesia's East Java province, during Sunday mass on May 13 have left at…

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