In 1983, as the residents of Calcata, a small town 30 miles north of Rome, prepared for their annual procession honoring a holy relic, a shocking announcement from the parish priest put a damper on festivities. "This year, the holy relic will not be exposed to the devotion of the faithful. It has vanished. Sacrilegious thieves have taken it from my
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Also I found out yesterday that all Catholic churches have a piece of a saint's body in them. Like every time they want to build a new church, they go dig up some saint from his grave and whack a piece off. *shudders*
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