Object Details Artist Unidentified Credit Line Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly Date 1500-1600 Object number 1929.8.230 Restrictions & Rights CC0 Type Decorative Arts Medium ...

It was in December of 2011 when two burglars who had broken into St. Margaret of Scotland Church woke Father Daniel Mallette and beat him with a holy water sprinkler.

Sept. 14, 2013 -- Despite its purported cleansing properties, holy water could actually be more harmful than healing, according to a new Austrian study on "holy" springs.