Portal:Catholic Church/DYK/69

... that Francois Xavier d'Entrecolles, the French Jesuit Father who revealed to Europe in 1712 the manufacturing secrets of Chinese porcelain (example pictured), has been described as an early "industrial spy"?
... that the Roman marble Sleeping Ariadne of the Vatican Museums was for centuries called Cleopatra because her armband was mistaken for Cleopatra's asp?
... that while Archbishop of Adelaide, Leonard Faulkner refused to eliminate the practice of communal confession, despite pressure from the Vatican?