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Trogir, Croatia
Crkva Sv. Sebastijana (Church of St. Sebastian)
The interior of this church has been turned into a memorial to locals who died in Croatia's Homeland War.
Milan, Italy
Crypt of San Sepolcro
Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.
Saint Andrews, Scotland
George Wishart Memorial Stones
The initials "GW" mark where one of Scotland's most important Protestant martyrs was burned at the stake.
Rovinj, Croatia
Krstionica Sv. Trojstva (Baptismal Font of the Holy Spirit)
This seven-sided Romanesque chapel is regarded as the oldest building in Rovinj.
St. Augustine, Florida
National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche
This shrine commemorates the site of the first known Catholic mass in the United States.
Bastia, France
Chapel Notre Dame de Monserato
A 15th-century Corsican chapel that possesses a rare Catholic monument: a "Scala Santa," or "Holy Stairs."
Chouigui, Tunisia
Saint-Felix Church of Schuiggu
This 19th-century church was built for Sicilian immigrants, survived World War II, and today stands on a landfill.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Óscar Romero Plaque
In memory of the assassinated, now-canonized Salvadoran archbishop who is the namesake of nearby Romero Place.
Seville, Spain
Bar GarlochĂ
Drink the 'Blood of Christ' in this Roman Catholic fever dream.
objects of intrigue
These Tiny Baroque Prints Once Served as Edible Prayers
The sacred scraps were meant to be ingested.
Tokyo, Japan
Maria of the Ant Village
This church commemorates a venerable, yet nigh-forgotten woman who dedicated her life to the poor in post-war Tokyo.
paintings
Decoding the Gun-Wielding Angels of Bolivia
The 'angeles arcabuceros' morphed from Catholic messengers to symbols of Indigenous independence.
Romano di Lombardia, Italy
Church of San Rocco
Hundreds of plague victims were buried beneath this small, rural church.
York, England
Shrine of Saint Margaret Clitherow
A shrine to one of England's female saints in what is believed to be her former home.
Lyons, Kansas
Father Padilla Cross
This rural roadside cross marks the farthest point of Coronado's expedition, and the place where the Catholic faith first came to America.
Monterrey, Mexico
Monumento de La Virgen SantĂsima de Guadalupe
After it was missing for a decade, this 40-foot statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe was found and returned to a place of honor—with a little help from a tropical storm.
Esgos, Spain
Monasterio de San Pedro de Rocas
An abandoned 6th-century monastery features a medieval map of the known world.
Varallo, Italy
Sacro Monte di Varallo Sesia
A 15th-century park that recreates a bit of the Holy Land in Italy.
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