(CNN) — Wherever you go, the experience is usually the same. You enter a church or a cathedral, and an ecclesiastical hush descends. You admire the architecture, the artworks, the centuries of history ...

There have been not a few attempts to identify the elusive Holy Grail as not just the Shroud of Turin itself but also its reliquary casket. But in just a cursory glance into the deep depths of ...

Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross For decades, winning an Olympic medal has been described as the Holy Grail of sports. Athletes aren’t the only ones in search of a ...

On the night of June 1, thieves made off with ancient relics held in Normandy’s Fécamp Abbey—including two vials said to hold the blood of Jesus Christ, collected in the Holy Grail during his ...