How many other "Holy relics" are faked by the vatican to con people into joining there sect?

Question

Among the Roman Catholic Church's most highly venerated relics have been pieces of the "true Cross". So many of these were scattered throughout Europe and other parts of the world that Calvin once said that if all pieces were gathered together, they would form a good ship-load; yet the Cross of Christ was carried by one individual! Are we to believe that these pieces miraculously multiplied as when Jesus blessed the loaves and fishes? Such was apparently the belief of St. Paulinus who spoke of "the reintegration of the Cross", i.e. that it "never grew smaller in size, no matter how many pieces were detached from it"! [The Catholic Encyclopaedia, Vol. 4, p. 524]

Answer 1

Do you feel better now that you've vented?

Answer 2

The Vatican itself probably hasn't faked too many relics. I think it's much more likely for bishops, parish priests, and travelling peddlers to do so. People who want money or prestige are the ones most likely to fake relics. For this reason, relics generally aren't taken on mission trips, but are instead either kept in churches where travelling pilgrims can offer money or sold to various members of the faithful who'd like something holy. Thus the faking of holy relics is really more of a money-making operation than an effort at conversion.

Answer 3

First of all only part of the Cross was carried to the site. Second of all no one knows for sure if any of these are pieces of the True Cross. The Vatican has never spoken out about this matter. Until they do we do not accept them as such. They will continue to be protected and held in case.

Peace Be With You,
Debra

Answer 4

Their probably all fake, why would God want us to cherish a table cloth with a stain that looks like Jesus's face? How would that make us more spiritual?

Answer 5

all of them, religion itself is a FAKE!