For years, internet users have shared images of a weathered skull inside a gold reliquary shaped like a woman's head, identifying it as the genuine skull of the biblical Mary Magdalene. Examples ...

Veneration of her legacy is widespread. General Francisco Franco, Spain’s former dictator, was even said to have kept a relic ...

Later this year, the skull formerly known as Aquinas’ will ... The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect those of Religion News Service.) The Conversation religion ...

Police now believe that the human skull that some Los Angeles boy scouts discovered along the side of a lake was used for a religious ritual. An investigation that started in January after the ...

The skull has become a treasured relic in the Catholic ... CHANG: Did this experience change how you feel about old religious relics in any way? ZIMMERMAN: Probably because, at first, I was ...

Noble told CNA that she was first inspired by the example of the founder of her order, even before she entered the religious life. Bl. James Alberione kept a skull on his desk to remind him of his ...

A rhinoceros skull is nearby. At a conference this fall ... But does any of the evidence suggest that they were religious? It's notably tricky to infer religious behavior from material culture ...

it becomes his or her religious obligation to do everything possible to promote the necessary honors for the deceased. “We’ve been waiting for that and we’re hopeful the skull will be sent ...

OXNARD, Calif.OXNARD, Calif. — Investigators say a skull and jawbone found in a California trash bin may be part of a religious death shrine. Oxnard police say homicide detectives and the ...