A saint’s brain is stolen and Catholics pray for its return

Just Pinned to Domestic and Global News: ROME (RNS) Police set up roadblocks in northern Italy after athief posing as a pilgrim stole tiny fragments of the brain of John Bosco one of the countrys most revered saints. The thief entered the church named after the 19th century saint in Castelnuovo near Turin last Friday (June 2) and left with a glass case containing the relic of the saint who is also known as Don Bosco. Devotees often visit the church to pray before the relic kept behind the altar. On Sunday pilgrims gathered at the Don Bosco Basilica to pray for its return. I invite whoever took it to give it back immediately without any conditions so we can close this painful page and continue to honor the memory of Don Bosco worthily in his birthplace said Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia of Turin. St. John Boscois venerated for havingdedicated his life to helping poor deprived children. Born in Castelnuovo in 1815 he founded the Salesian religious order. He died in 1888 and was canonized in 1934. Nosiglia said in a statement the news was something you never wanted to hear. It makes you think of the profound moral misery of someone who would steal a sign thats been left and conserved for
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