After centuries buried beneath the Vatican, and decades hidden away inside the Holy See, the bones of a man long believed to be St. Peter, one of the founding fathers of the Christian church, are to go on display for the first time.
The controversial remains will be revealed to the public on Sunday at a mass in St Peter’s Square marking the conclusion of the Catholic church’s “Year of Faith.”
Writing in L’Osservatore Romano, the semi-official Vatican newspaper, Archbishop Rino Fisichella said the “relics which tradition recognizes as those of the apostle who gave his life for the Lord” would be exhibited as part of the service.
