Disgusting thief poses as pilgrim and STEALS part of St. John Bosco's BRAIN

A man posing as a pilgrim has stolen a piece of St. John Bosco's brain in Italy.

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St. John Bosco is the patron saint of juvenile delinquents.

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By Abigail James (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
6/5/2017 (6 years ago)

Published in Europe

Keywords: St. John Bosco, John Bosco, Don Bosco, Bosco, Brain, relic, saint, saint relic

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - According to Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia of Turin, the man entered the basilica of Castelnuovo and took the entire glass reliquary holding the relic.

St. John Bosco was born in Castelnuovo in 1815. He is known for ministering Turin's "street children, juvenile offenders and disadvantaged youth."

"I invite who took it to give it back immediately, without conditions," expressed the Archbishop, according to the Catholic Herald. "so we can turn this painful page and continue worthily to honour the memory of Don Bosco in his birthplace."

"It makes you think of the profound moral misery of someone who would steal a 'sign' that's been left and conserved for the devotion and the faith of all," said Archbishop Nosiglia.

"We trust that Don Bosco can touch the heart of whomever committed this act and make them turn around, just as he was able to transform the lives of the young people he met," stated Father Ezio Orsini, rector of the basilica. "We're also sure that while you can steal a reliquary of Don Bosco, as has happened, you can't rob Don Bosco from us and from all the pilgrims who visit this place every day."

A sign reading, "shrine in preparation" now rests on the place the relic was kept.

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