Myths or Miracles?
ROME, May 5, 2005 -- Dr. Edoardo Linoli says he held real cardiac tissue in his hands, when some years ago he analyzed the relics of the Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano, Italy. His findings have stirred interest in the scientific world... . . . . . A Basilian monk, in the eighth century, had doubts about the real presence of Christ in the sacred species. While was offering Mass in a church dedicated to St. Legontian in the town of Lanciano, he pronounced the words of the consecration. As he did so the host was miraculously changed into physical flesh and the wine into physical blood. Later the blood coagulated and the flesh remained the same. At the initiative of Archbishop Pacifico Perantoni of Lanciano, and of the provincial minister of the Franciscan Conventuals of Abru...