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Did Russia’s Sunken Warship Try to Use a Religious Weapon?

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If the sunken Russian warship was carrying a fragment of the True Cross, it wouldn’t be the first time Christians have used relics to gain an advantage in war.

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A little over a week ago, reports emerged that the Moskva, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, had sunk. The Moskva was a missile cruiser and, according to Russian state media,

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