reliquary

I must admit that when I first heard of Bergoglio giving away the relics of St. Peter to the Orthodox patriarch I thought there was a misunderstanding. That article was from Gloria.tv and titled "Francis Gone Crazy? Dumps Saint Peter's Relics to Schismatics" and I was more than willing to conclude that there had been a misunderstanding - that perhaps he had simply lent the relics of St. Peter for veneration, although even that would have been bad enough.