Sunday, April 22, 2018

More than 250 relics of Catholic saints are being given away in Canada

More than 250 relics of Catholic saints are being given away in Canada:

https://aleteia.org/2018/04/09/more-than-250-relics-of-catholic-saints-are-being-given-away-in-canada 

 Over the past ten years, though, Debra Majer of the Catholic Diocese of London, Ontario has had a somewhat unusual job – finding homes for the more than 250 remains of saints that have been warehoused in her basement office.

Each relic is contained in the theca, a small metal vessel, and can be seen through a window. The vessels are sealed with wax which matches the seal of a cardinal on an accompanying documents. If a red thread that crosses the back of the relic is broken, that means that relic’s authenticity has been compromised.

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