The strange helical stairway in Santa Fé

[jose v]

The strange helical stairway in Santa Fé
A photograph taken inside the Loretto Chapel, Santa Fé, New Mexico (USA). Other pictures here, here and here. The origin, invisible support and type of wood used in the construction of this stairway in the 1880s are said to be miraculous. The stairway ought to fall down, but doesn't. Nobody knows who built it. No timber was seen to be delivered to the building prior to its construction. No bill was presented for payment for the construction work. The stairway was provided by a visitor of unknown provenance in answer to the prayers of the local Sisters of Loretto. More details here. Critical commentary here. Note: the Loretto Chapel is no longer a convent chapel belonging to the Roman Catholic Church. It is now a private museum owned by a private company which owns the hotel next to it. The hotel is called the Inn and Spa at Loretto.

[nonya]

SIMONE, you go girl, go back into that establishment and rescue everyone you possibly can. There are lots of good people in there, its the establishment that has got to go.
PATRICIA " Hypocrites and ass wipes are in every organization."
you are hilarious!!!!!!!!

[nonya]

Just to be fair, I was raised Catholic and attended 12 years of catholic schools. I feel sorry for people that still follow that faith. We all believe there is a god or higher entity. For me, the fact of me just sitting in a church would be like me sitting and condoning a crime being committed every day under the guise of religious dogma. The catholic church was the founder of the first wave that started to divide us all. Then came all of the sub religions like protestant, lutheran, baptist, mormon, etc. They are entity that made sure that women were thrown out of any authority (please research pope joan), they are the very heart of the deepest crimes against humanity, they helped fund the then known templars who are today's repugnant banking systems. For all the church stands for, I am against and it makes me fuming mad to think that all of those years I was duped into their line of thinking. I would be the happiest person in the world if the vatican crumbled and released all of its well kept secrets and truths. They can afford to feed the population 4 times over but instead send out baskets during mass to rake in their wealth. They make sure that the envelopes that you drop in the basket have a picture of a starving child or mother theresa feeding the poor. They are one of many masters of propaganda. How about that adam and eve story? Anyone still buying into that one? How about making Pope Pius a saint when he allowed the Nazis to operate in the vatican under his reign, Jewish clerics are up in arms against that one. These are just of its shortcomings but i pray for the destruction of the church and all of its successors soon or we won't ever change.

[Trudy]

Hehe Simone course this has nothing to do with you. I am also Baptized and raised Catholic. Come'm not thinking so short, you know full well what I mean. Currently in Europe there is a lot going on the integrity of the church and its staff. The church contains the largest Pedophile club around the world. Even the brother of the Pope is a Pedophile.

And that's only a tip of the iceberg full of criminal acts against humanity. Of course not all priests are bad guys, but the church is an outdated system. And believe me that this was not the intention of our Jesus. The church was created by opportunists. And from me they should all disappear.

[simpleman]

Yes, it is a marvel. The craftsmanship is amazing. Looking at the stair case, it is designed to support it self. The hand rail and the spindles act as a truss system that locks it into place. This carpenter has talent, because this thing doesn't support it self until it is complete.

[Trudy]

There is nothing positive to the church. The biggest crime syndicate is to find in Rome the Vatican.

[Trudy]

It's all mumbo jumbo, the church has been here in a nice attraction to make money. And now in private hands here is obviously still much to earn money. Besides who says that Jesus became 33 years old, hahaha hahaha the church, the Bible hahahahaha, okay for today it's a good laugh.