It’s been 10 years since the final book in Catherine Fisher’s “Relic Master” series was released in Britain. That was before Fisher wrote “Incarceron,” a fantasy novel for young adults, and had a ...

In 1737, when Galileo's remains were transferred from a humble grave to an opulent mausoleum in one Florence's largest churches, his body mover had an entrepreneurial idea. Anton Francesco Gori ...

In a scholarly text, you'll find it indexed under "Relics, strange." In the Vatican's view, the subject is so sensitive that speaking or writing about it can get you excommunicated. In Italian, its ...

The last time I venerated a relic was at the baseball hall of fame in Cooperstown. In game six of the American League Championship Series, Curt Schilling pitched against the Yankees after undergoing a ...