A piece of the brain of St John Bosco has been stolen in Italy by a man apparently posing as a pilgrim.
The man entered the basilica of Castelnuovo on Saturday and took the glass reliquary containing part of the saint’s brain.
Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia of Turin decried the “profound moral misery of someone who would steal a ‘sign’ that’s been left and conserved for the devotion and the faith of all.”
“I invite who took it to give it back immediately, without conditions,” he added, “so we can turn this painful page and continue worthily to honour the memory of Don Bosco in his birthplace.”
