INTRODUCTION: A BIRD, AN ALTAR, AND AN ETERNAL MESSAGE In many Catholic churches around the world, if you look closely at the tabernacle—the small golden “box” where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved—you might spot a peculiar image: a pelican piercing its own breast with its beak, feeding its young with …
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