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Q. Are archaeologists still looking for the original pieces of Christ’s Cross? – J.B., Pennsylvania.A. No, the true Cross was found by St. Helena in Jerusalem in the fourth century, and pieces of this holy relic can now be found in many churches and shrines throughout the world. Helena was sent to Jerusalem by her son, the Roman Emperor Constantine, who had made Christianity legal in the Roman Empire in 313 and was baptized shortly before his death in 337.According to reports, Helena found three crosses at an excavation site, but it was not until all three had been touched to the body of a dying woman that the true Cross was identified as the one that restored her to…Continue Reading