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Significant episcopal appointments in various Roman Catholic dioceses across India

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Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas (fourth from left) and Mr. Hemant Soren (fifth from left), the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, during their Christmas 2022 visit to the Archbishop House. (Photo: Courtesy of Bishop Theodore) The Vatican has announced a series of significant episcopal appointments in various Roman Catholic dioceses across India. The appointments that come from Pope … Read more

Israeli Archaeologists Hail ‘Sensational Find’ of 4 Roman Swords Preserved for Nearly 2,000 Years

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JERUSALEM, Israel – Archaeologists in Israel have found a weapons cache from almost two thousand years ago, about 50 years after the Second Jewish Temple was destroyed. Scientists have labeled it a “sensational find”: the discovery of four 1,900-year-old swords, along with a pilum – a roman javelin – in an Ein Gedi cave overlooking the Dead Sea. … Read more

4 Exceptionally Preserved Roman Swords Discovered in a Dead Sea Cave in Israel

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Israeli archaeologists show four Roman-era swords and a javelin head found during a recent excavation in a cave near the Dead Sea, in Jerusalem, Sep. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) JERUSALEM (AP) – Four Roman-era swords, their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades exquisitely preserved after 1,900 years in a desert cave, … Read more