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Someone Stole the Skull of an 800-Year-Old Saint From a Church in the Czech Republic

The relic belonged to Saint Zdislava, a 13th-century noblewoman whose remains are spiritually significant to Czech Catholics.

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Stealing the 800-year-old skull of a beloved saint from a basilica in broad daylight really raises questions about whether your priorities are in line. There are better things to steal. Money, for instance. A candy bar. It also raises some questions of personal taste. If you’re stealing the thing, you had better not put it in an empty apartment next to the flat screen TV sitting on the floor.

And yet these thoughts and more did not prevent such a crime from happening, as The Guardian reports........

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