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William Crawley | 18:50 UK time, Thursday, 27 September 2007

This is a slightly curious story. The Vatican has issued this warning to Catholics across the world: if someone tries to sell you a piece of the late pope's cassock as a "relic", . But the warning is made on a website which has been offering people the said relic for "an optional small donation to cover postage costs". The warning -- which, to be fair, sounds more like a clarification -- follows the Italian media's coverage of the online relic distribution. What is the diocese offering the relics? The Holy Diocese of Rome.

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  • At 01:39 PM on 28 Sep 2007,
  • Mark wrote:

It's really a matter of advertising a competitive product. What the Vatican is really saying is don't waste your religious donation money in worthless fake relics, instead save it for the collecton plate in Church and use it to buy your way into heaven.

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