Eric J. Lyman at Religion News Service (RNS) knows about 2015. Maybe he reads this blog.
ROME (RNS) When Pope Francis cradled the small box said to contain nine bone fragments believed to be the mortal remains of St. Peter, the first pope, he fanned the flames of a long-standing debate over the authenticity of ancient church relics.
Most old churches in Italy contain some ancient relic, ranging from a glass tube said to hold the blood of St. Gennaro in Naples to a section of what is believed to be Jesus’ umbilical cord in the Basilica of St. John of Lateran in Rome. Perhaps the most famous religious relic in Italy — the Shroud of Turin, believed by many to be Jesus’ burial cloth — will go on display again in early 2015, and Turin Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia this week invited Pope Francis to attend its public debut.
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Photo: From HuffPo – Italian archbishop Rino Fisichella holds the bone fragments said by some to belong to the first pope, St. Peter during a ceremony of Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King at St Peter’s square. | VINCENZO PINTO via Getty Images