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Pope wanted apostles’ relics united to encourage Christian unity
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- Sep 13, 2019
Pope Francis said giving fragments of St. Peter’s bones to the head of the church founded by Peter’s brother, St. Andrew, was meant to be a reminder and encouragement of the journey toward Christian unity.
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Crown of Thorns relic saved from Notre Dame presented again to public
- Associated Press, Church in Europe
- Sep 6, 2019
A venerated relic saved from flames during the April fire at Notre Dame Cathedral has been presented to the public in Paris.
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Pope gives relics of St. Peter to Orthodox patriarch
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- Jul 2, 2019
In what Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople described as a “brave and bold” gesture, Pope Francis gave the patriarch a famous reliquary containing bone fragments believed to belong to St. Peter.
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NY church agrees to move Fulton Sheen’s remains to Illinois
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Jun 10, 2019
The Catholic Archdiocese of New York said Sunday it’ll cooperate in transferring Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s remains from Manhattan to Peoria, Illinois, after a court ruled Sheen’s niece could bury him there.
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Relics of Fatima child saints stolen from Italian church
- Associated Press, Church in Europe
- May 30, 2019
The relics of two Fatima child saints have been stolen from a church in Verona while they were traveling on a pilgrimage tour in Italy.
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New York in court to bar move of Sheen remains to Peoria
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- May 21, 2019
Officials of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria say their counterparts in the Archdiocese of New York are trying to halt the transfer of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s remains to Illinois.
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