Sedia gestatoria Congress at Rome in 1905. An antique portable throne can also be found in display at the Lisbon Cathedral Museum along with a pair of Flabella. It is thought the privilege of the portable throne was granted by the Popes to the Cardinal Patriarchs of that city due to the financial support provided them by King John V of Portugal. In the 1800s, Prince Alessandro Torlonia spent his Thursdays in bringing out a "sedia gestatoria" from Pope Leo XIII to carry the Santo Bambino of Aracoeli to the sick believers who were unable to travel to the Basilica of Santa
Religion in The X-Files cast organized religion in a more negative light, believing that many religious acts were caused by insanity. The first overt occurrence of religion occurred in the fourth episode of the first season, "Conduit". At the end of the episode, Mulder sits in a church, crying as he looks at a picture of his sister. Howard Gordon, who wrote the episode, stated that the imagery did not mean to imply Christianity, but rather a symbol of "a sanctuary, a place for him to reestablish his helplessness and the missing of his sister". However, in "Beyond the Sea", the notion of religion