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Religion

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1. It's a Catholic thing.

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 08:50 AM

Mar 2019

It's tradition for Catholic churches to house relics of the saints for which they are named. In ye olde times, these relics were often bones.

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Les Reliques [View all] Cartoonist Mar 2019 OP

It's a Catholic thing. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2019 #1

Yeah, but Cartoonist Mar 2019 #2

The artist is JJ Grandville. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2019 #3

Calisse!! guillaumeb Mar 2019 #4