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MEDIEVAL NATIVITY

Daniel Esparza

How the Middle Ages shaped Christmas festivities

Daniel Esparza

Unearthed secrets: The medieval wonders beneath Notre Dame

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Daniel Esparza

Medieval frescoes discovered in Slovak church

Beeswax candle making

V. M. Traverso

How monasteries introduced beeswax candles in the Middle Ages

SAINT FRANCIS

Daniel Esparza

St. Francis’ Canticle celebrates 800th anniversary

Fra Angelico, Santo Domingo

Daniel Esparza

Saving Fra Angelico’s Crucifixion: Museum raising money

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Daniel Esparza

Archaeologists find 14th-century church in Bulgaria

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Daniel Esparza

The ruins of Kilwinning Abbey: Saints, legends, and history

The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham

J-P Mauro

Augustinians return to Walsingham Shrine after 5 centuries

St. Hildegard of Bingen - The Visions

Fr. Michael Rennier

A look at the visionary art of St. Hildegard (Photos)

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Daniel Esparza

The miraculous story of La Rioja’s Valvanera monastery

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Daniel Esparza

The Templar Hermitage of St. Bartholomew, in Spain

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Daniel Esparza

Galicia’s oldest monastery: San Pedro de Rocas

Monachium

Daniel Esparza

Medieval church ruins found in forgotten village near Munich

Celebration of the 1,700 years of St. John Lateran Basilica, with Cardinal Vicar Angelo De Donatis presiding over the Capitular Holy Mass.

Daniel Esparza

Ancient walls discovered near Rome’s oldest Basilica

CHORAŁ GREGORIAŃSKI

Daniel Esparza

A medieval musical treasure: The Codex Las Huelgas

Blessed Nicholas Postgate - English Martyr

J-P Mauro

English Catholics gather in prayer for martyrs’ sainthood

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Daniel Esparza

Ancient burials discovered at Posa Monastery site

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Daniel Esparza

This hermitage is right in the middle of a volcano!

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Daniel Esparza

Ancient ivory reliquary unearthed in Austrian hilltop church

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