Police set up roadblocks in northern Italy after a thief posing as a pilgrim stole tiny fragments of the brain of John Bosco, one of the country’s most revered saints.
The thief entered the church, named after the 19th-century saint in Castelnuovo, near Turin, last Friday 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”, one of the church officials was quoted as saying.
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