For centuries, the Holy Roman Catholic Church has released relics to the faithful for private veneration. This was always combined with the sale of a reliquary, which was a way to finance the high expenses of...
St. King Louis IX receives a relic of the True Cross (Sainte Chapelle, Paris) SINCE WHEN DO CHRISTIANS VENERATE RELICS OF THE SAINTS? The veneration of relics is as old as the Christian faith. We read in...