Theft of pope blood linked to Satanism
John Paul II relic and crucifix stolen from church in Abruzzo, Italy
Relics connected to John Paul II are likely to increase in value ahead of his canonisation in April. Photograph: Reuters
The theft of a reliquary containing the blood of John Paul II has been linked to Satanism by an Italian consumer rights lobby. That remarkable assertion was made today by the Italian Anti-Plagiarism Observatory in the wake of reports of the theft of a gold reliquary and a crucifix from a church in San Pietro della Ienca, at the foot of the Gran Sasso mountain in Abruzzo.
