Reliquary stolen from cathedral altar in Spoleto, Italy, in September

Italian police have identified the man suspected of stealing a vial containing the blood of Pope John Paul II from a cathedral in the Umbria region.

The gold and crystal reliquary was stolen from an altar dedicated to the late pontiff in Spoleto in September.

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