VATICAN CITY (CNS) With the body of a woman and the head of a lioness, the ancient goddess Sekhmet was the protector of pharaohs, the patroness of physicians and the commander of diseases and plagues: able to cast them or cure them at will.
Countless carvings of her image were created in ancient Egypt as an idol for worship to try to appease her wrath, receive strength and ensure her protection on earth and in the afterlife.
That is what King Amenhotep III a 14th-century B.C. pharaoh and
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VATICAN CITY — Here are brief biographies of each of the 21 churchmen Pope Francis will induct into the College of Cardinals Aug. 27: English Cardinal-
VATICAN CITY (CNS) The remains of St. Peter may have been and possibly still could be buried in catacombs under the Mausoleum of St. Helena after being moved from the Vatican hillside during anti-Christian persecutions in the third century, according to a paper published recently by three Italian researchers.