The best account we have is the Life of St. Patrick by a scholar named Muirchú. This hagiography–or biography of a saint–was ...

In one ancient culture, skulls were severed and then had iron spikes driven through them. However, archaeologists are still ...

Adoration or veneration of an image or representation of Christ's cross does not mean that we actually adore the material image, of course, but rather what it represents. In kneeling before the ...

Archaeologists Dr. Jess Thompson and her colleagues have published a study dealing with the possible identification of human skulls used in ancestral veneration in the European Journal of Archaeology.

We venerate the saints. Veneration is the honor due to the excellence or achievement of a created person. It is necessary to remember that the love and honor a person gives to God's Saints does ...

The rosary is most closely associated with Mary, the Mother of Christ. Several times in history it has been reported that she has appeared as an apparition, praying and instructing people to pray ...

The Immaculate Conception is the belief that Mary was born free from original sin. The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated by Catholics on 8 December each year.

Objections to the veneration of the Theotokos are based primarily on what is called "a lack of scriptural evidence to support such a practice." While it is true that the Church depends heavily on her ...