Italian Prosecutors Investigate Illegal Sale of Apparent Carlo Acutis Relics Online

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Mar 28, 2025 - 04:00
Italian Prosecutors Investigate Illegal Sale of Apparent Carlo Acutis Relics Online
A relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis, a fragment of his pericardium, visits the U.S. at Holy Family Parish in Queens, New York, on April 6, 2022.

According to canon law of the Catholic Church, the sale of first- and second-class relics is strictly forbidden. Relics can only be given away by their owners, and some very significant relics, such as a heart, arm, etc., cannot be given away without the permission of the Vatican.

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