How Jesus’ foreskin became one of Christianity’s most-coveted relics — and then disappeared | CBC Radio

It’s a relic deemed so taboo, the Vatican threatened excommunication to anyone who spoke of it. But for nearly 1,000 years before that, the ‘holy foreskin’ of Jesus Christ was widely considered to be the holiest of relics. IDEAS examines the story of an unlikely object of devotion.

Source: How Jesus’ foreskin became one of Christianity’s most-coveted relics — and then disappeared | CBC Radio