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"path": "/2026/02/23/the-bones-of-st-francis-are-going-on-public-display-a-mixed-blessing-for-assisi/",
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"Faiths",
"Institutions",
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"Assisi Mayor Valter Stoppini",
"Carlo Acutis",
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"textContent": "Already, nearly 400,000 people have registered to pray before the relics and Stoppini estimates the number could well reach a half-million before the bones go back into their tomb March 22.",
"title": "The bones of St. Francis are going on public display, a mixed blessing for Assisi"
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