St. Peter Has Left the Room . . .

In a very unexpected move, Pope Francis gave away the relics of St. Peter. Does the Pope know that St. Peter was the founding Pope of our church? Wouldn’t it seem appropriate even to him that such a item should remain in the focal point of all the Catholics churches in the world, the Vatican.

It seems to me that a presiding pope should have some oversight before handing over relics so profound and revered by the Church as a gift from him to someone outside our faith. A date to remember with sadness. On June 29, 2019, Pope Francis handed over the relics of St. Peter to the archbishop of telmissos as a gift to Patriarch Bartholomew to be stored in Instanbul.