The National Centre for Padre Pio will host a special Mass and the enthronement of the Holy Veil of Manoppello on July 15 at ...

The veil, regarded at the time ... thus making it known throughout the Catholic world. Since 1620, the same cloth has been venerated as the “Holy Face” (Volto Santo) in a Capuchin church ...

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain were amongst the guests who attended the inauguration mass in St. Peter’s Square. They sat in the front row, alongside other royals, and Letizia looked ...

Beginning Palm Sunday, some churches cover or veil – with purple cloth ... just before the Easter vigil Mass on Holy Saturday. On Holy Thursday, the Catholic Church celebrates a special ...

Exposition of the Holy Face in St. Peter’s Basilica ... and so it is for this relic.” The Veil of Veronica is an ancient devotion in the Catholic Church, and while there are several alleged ...

Skeptics consider the relic, allegedly used to dab Jesus' sweat and blood, a fraud invented during the Crusader period.