religious relics

Seriously. Mother Teresa's relics are coming to visit Baltimore. Can anyone tell me what's involved in venerating?

Remains long believed to be those of Joan of Arc turn out to be a rib bone from an Egyptian mummy and a cat femur. Story here My favorite part is that unnamed "scientists" in 1909 were unable to tell a cat bone from a human bone, and yet felt justified in saying it was "highly probable" that...

I remember reading somewhere, but where I do not know, that often a very holy person was almost afraid of being killed! I guess that if you were the monastary, or whatever, that lucked out by having a very revered holy person die while visiting...well, HAPPY DAYS! You could cut them up, dry...

....Accroding to this story on CNN (and in my local paper). Hmmm...something to remember when Creationists bring up the Piltdown Man as to how Scientists are so easily fooled..... Well, the indicted are claiming it's a put-up job and they'll be vindicated, so we'll see what else comes down...

Sarira - Buddhist relics of cremated monks. Paranormal relics or unexplored science? Hello, I have been lookiing on the Internet for articles verifying / debunking "sarira", which are relics that are said to be found in the ashes of monks of the Buddhist faith "who have led extremely pure...