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Pope John Paul II's blood stolen from church in Italy
The Guardian ^ | 27 January 2014

Posted on 01/27/2014 10:23:00 AM PST by Gamecock

Full Title: Pope John Paul II's blood stolen from church in Italy

Custodian describes night-time theft, from San Pietro della Ienca church in Abruzzo mountains, as more like a kidnapping __________________________________________________________________________

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


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To: ruesrose

http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Blog/2887/Satan_Sin_and_Sociology.aspx#.UubTfCj0D6q


21 posted on 01/27/2014 1:47:52 PM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
I am really hoping that Pope Francis will bring an end to this practice of retaining bodily relics.

Few practices do more to convince my fellow Christians that I belong to some sort of weird, creepy cult.

I couldn't agree with you more.....

22 posted on 01/27/2014 3:20:08 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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To: metmom

Doubt it.


23 posted on 01/27/2014 3:36:35 PM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Biggirl

Yeah, well the Catholic church’s obsession with dead body parts does lead one to think that Catholicism is a weird, creepy cult.


24 posted on 01/27/2014 3:45:23 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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To: metmom

Pope Francis has much more bigger fish to fry.


25 posted on 01/27/2014 3:47:22 PM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Read up on it.

Being Catholic: Sacred Things, Relics and the Incorruptibles

26 posted on 01/27/2014 3:56:55 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: GeronL

Very Sacred and Holy. Nothing creepy about relics at all.


27 posted on 01/27/2014 3:58:28 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Buckeye McFrog; GeronL; Salvation
Very Sacred and Holy. Nothing creepy about relics at all.

Just keep telling yourself "it's not creepy, it's not creepy..."
Incredible skeletal remains of 'Catholic saints' dug up, still dripping in gems and jewellery


28 posted on 01/27/2014 4:35:03 PM PST by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: Biggirl

Sadly, he does.


29 posted on 01/27/2014 8:28:59 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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To: DManA

... or belly-button lint.


30 posted on 01/28/2014 3:07:48 PM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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