The nearly foot-tall chalice was handcrafted from small pieces of silver — including earrings, rings and broken chains — that had been donated by 850 worshippers from across the United States.

Recovered in 14 fragments, the chalice was once the size of a cereal ... Latin, Greek and potentially Ogam letters appear alongside the drawings. Vindolanda served as a key outpost used during ...

Adrian Pallarols, who worked with the late pontiff for 30 years after meeting in their native Buenos Aires, Argentina, recalled designing the special Communion chalice used by Pope Francis when he ...