Ephrem (or Eprhaim) the Syrian left us hundreds of hymns and poems on the faith that inflamed and inspired the whole Church, but few facts about his own inspiring life. Most historians infer from the lines quoted above that Ephrem was born into a Christian family -- although not baptized ...
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Until 2016, the “Happy Birthday” song was not for public use. Meaning that prior to 2016, the song was copyrighted, and you had to pay a license to use it. When mice live in the wild, they typically only live for about six months. This is mostly due to the fact that they’re ...
Facts about Vatican City Attractions 13. The most famous building of Vatican City is the Saint Peter's Basilica, built between 1506 and 1626. This basilica is the largest church in the world by internal measurements. The cupola of the basilica is 138 m/ 453 ft high and this is the highes...
* Saint Louis, who was also King Louis IX of France, obtained the Crown of Thorns along with other religious relics in 1239 and these were taken to the Notre Dame Cathedral, then placed in the newly constructed Sainte Chapelle chapel, which was the palace chapel on the Ile de la Cite is...
The Head of State is the Pope; the Heads of Government are the Secretary of State and Governor of Vatican City (sometimes referred to as the President of Vatican City). Currently, they are Pope Benedict XVI of Germany, Angelo Cardinal Sodano of Italy and Edmund Cardinal Szoka of the United...
or any of the other stigmatic's this writer has ever read about. In fact, one can clearly see in the photo to the left the extensive size and severity of Teresa's stigmatisation. At most, loose fitting gloves have sometimes been worn by certain stigmatics, primarily to hide the wounds ...
Joan of Arc was officiallycanonizedby Pope Benedict XV on May 16, 1920. Joan of Arc was canonized a saint by the same Church that had once executed her for heresy. Saint Joan of Arc feast dayis celebrated on May 30. To learn more about Joan of Arc visit the homepage ofJoan of Arc ...
One thing to know about me if you nothing about me at all; my family is my entire being. If one of them leaves, a part of me does too. At this point, I’m just a fragmented soul that’s completely terrified of how much more self-shattering is in my future. ...