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Pope Benedict said to plan examination of St. Paul's Tomb

29. Juni 2007, 08:42

Kath.net and Die Welt's Paul Badde report

Vatican (kath.net/DieWelt/closedcafeteria.blogspot)
According to reliable sources, Pope Benedict XVI. has given green light for an examination of the interior of St. Paul's tomb in the Basilica San Paolo fuori le Mura. The position of the stone coffin has not been altered since the year 390. Soon, it is said, archeologists will remove a plug with which the coffin had been sealed in Antiquity. An endoscopic probe is supposed to transmit images of the content. What they will show nobody knows. This alleged decision of the Pope has to be seen in the context of the Year of St. Paul which was announced yesterday for 2008, at the vigil of the Feast of Peter and Paul.

posted by Dr. Denice Hanley, DPM, M.Div. @ 4:36 PM