"The problem of selling relics is widespread on the Internet and, let me say, this is sacrilege": it was stated by mgr. Marco Frisina, director of the Liturgical Department of the Vicariate of Rome, in an interview with "Totus Tuus", a monthly magazine for the postulation of the beatification and canonisation of the servant of God John Paul II, set up in February 2006 and published in six languages (Italian, French, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish). "Relics explained mgr. Frisina have always been put under the church altar, just because the altar, where the Eucharist is celebrated, should bear in its foundations the lively memory of those who have been bonded to the sacrifice of Christ with their lives". So "no relics (whatsoever) can be sold or bought, because they are a holy thing, they are priceless". In addition, in the case of John Paul II, added mgr. Frisina, "the holy picture ex indumentis (with a piece of his cassock) we can use privately for the moment as the memento of a beloved one. One must always be cautious and very patient, obeying the Church, waiting for the Church to proclaim him a saint, and this will bring a lot of human and spiritual joy".
