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The Great Mother of Austria and Her Spectacular Wardrobe
The Magna Mater Austriae is not just a miracle-worker: she’s the best-dressed statue in Europe.
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The Peculiar Christmas Custom of the Boy Bishops
In many places, a child was chosen to dress and act as a bishop to celebrate the feast of St. Nicholas.
Dec 16, 2025
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A Beddl Preview: From Newman to Holmes, with Stops in Japan and Antarctica
A month of reading, and the answer to the question: who collaborated with both PG Wodehouse and Arthur Conan Doyle, and did a mummy kill him?
Dec 8, 2025
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Update on the incorruptible remains of Sr. Wilhelmina
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Are popes hit on the head when they die?
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What happened to the Virgin Mary after the crucifixion?
Aug 15, 2025
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Pope Francis: The last pope?
Apr 25, 2025
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The Miraculous Preservation of St. Bernadette
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A Meal of Toads and Other Gruesome Punishments
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The Real Faces of Saints
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The Season of the Dead
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Bread for Beasts
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The Miraculous Relics of St. Dominic and Their Feast Days
Sweet smelling remains! A mysterious portrait! A papier-mâché saint! And, of course, the Skull of St. Dominic! (Sort of.)
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Jerome the Lion
A man so famously fierce in rhetoric that only a lion would suit for a companion
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