Saint Paul's bones confirmed

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Toe bone connected to the foot bone

Foot bone connected to the leg bone

Leg bone connected to the knee bone...

 

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The Church has confirmed the millennia reverence of the bones in Saint Paul's sarcophagus are in fact those of the Apostle to the Gentiles. At the close of the Pauline Year this is terrific news for all people. The witness of Paul's life --and now his bones-- makes Christian faith credible because of the physical connection we have with such a great man as the Apostle.

The Pope said: "Small fragments of bone were found and radiocarbon dated by experts who did not know their place of origin. Results indicate that they belong to someone who lived between the 1st and 2nd century A.D. This seems to confirm the unanimous and undisputed tradition according to which these are the mortal remains of the Apostle Paul. All this fills our soul with deep emotion."

"The Pauline Year has come to an end, but being on the same path as Paul and, with him and thanks to him, know Jesus and, like him, be enlightened and transformed by the Gospel, will always be part of Christian existence," the Pontiff said.

I highly recommend reading the Asia News story

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Paul A. Zalonski is from New Haven, CT. He is a member of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, a Catholic ecclesial movement and an Oblate of Saint Benedict. Contact Paul at paulzalonski[at]yahoo.com.

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