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The long arm of holiness

A handful of venerated hands, fingers, and arms.

The Pillar
Apr 28, 2023
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Pope Francis on Friday began on Friday a three-day apostolic journey to Hungary, where the pontiff will meet with civil and ecclesiastical leaders, with disabled children, with the poor, and with his fellow Jesuits.

A reliquary in St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Budapest, containing a relic of St. Stephen’s hand. Credit: Andrzej Otrębski/wikimedia. CC BY SA 4.0

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