The vessels themselves are inspired by the Catholic ritual of Olea Sancta (Holy Oils), the three sacred oils used in sacraments and blessings and consecrated during the annual Chrism Mass in Holy Week.
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Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
Even if all these sunny promises are enshrined in contracts, built into budgets, and consecrated with good intentions, there are still plenty of ways the whole project could go kerflooey.
Like much of the first half of the episode, before the plane crash, this gala sequence is shot in silky gold colors, as if John and Carolyn had already been sanctified.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
That was until Pope Leo inadvertently sanctified them in 2026.
She was hooked up to a hemodialysis machine where her blood flowed out of her body to be purified and was then transferred back into her body where it was reabsorbed.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
There it is filtered and purified before being fed into the Reflecting Pool.
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