by Gordon Franz Introduction On Saturday, April 17, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI visited the island of Malta in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. On his stop at the Church of St. Paul’s Grotto in the city of Rabat, he was shown an inscribed lead Roman anchor stock that had been discovered five years earlier … Continue reading “BENEDICT’S ANCHOR”: WAS IT FROM THE SHIPWRECK OF THE APOSTLE PAUL ON MALTA?