The Importance of Relics and Miracles

I started out just totally flabbergasted by the concept of relics. They're basically body parts. A piece of a finger of St. Thomas, a hair clipping from another martyr. And when you get to Italy and you realize a fair amount of the churches have a body underneath the altar there in the crypt. Well, of course, I was skeptical of this. And then I get to Montefioscone, which has the third largest dome in all of Christian gem. The first is in Florence. The second is St. Peter's Square. The third is in the Cathedral of Santa Magadita. She got there on this dark and stormy night near the end of my