Pope Benedict XVI made a private visit, today, to the popularly venerated Veil of Veronica. Veronica’s Veil is, according to tradition, a cloth used to wipe the sweat and blood from the face of Jesus ...

On Sunday, April 6, the fifth Sunday of Lent, St. Peter’s Basilica will display the revered “Veronica’s Veil,” a cloth that, according to tradition, was used to wipe the face of Jesus on his way to ...

MANOPPELLO, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI on Friday prayed at a sanctuary in this village in central Italy that holds a veil some Christians believe was used to wipe blood and sweat from Jesus’ face on ...

In the Sixth Station of the Cross, a woman wipes the face of Jesus. A miracle ensues insofar as the cloth she uses receives the true image of Jesus’ face. She is appropriately called “Veronica,” which ...

When we think of the Passion of our Lord or make the Stations of the Cross, one image that should come into our mind’s eye is the Sixth Station — St. Veronica wiping the face of Jesus to comfort him.

The unique relationship between Jerusalem and Rome was evident on April 6 when the veil purportedly used by a Jerusalem matron to wipe the sweat and blood from Jesus’s face as he hauled his crucifix ...

In 1643, Antonius Maria Schyrleus de Rheita, an astronomer and friar of the Catholic Church’s Capuchin Order, detected through his binocular telescope a stellar grouping resembling the sacred Sudarium ...

Despite various attempts over the centuries to give her a personal story, there is no evidence that she was a historical figure. She has never been included in any official list of Catholic saints; ...

Up until the mid-1600s, Rembrandt and others were encouraged to depend on four highly venerated religious relics for their inspiration. Three of them bear what was regarded as the true likeness of ...