Italian prosecutors examine the illegal sale of apparent Carlo Acutis Relics Online

Vatican City, March 27, 2025 / 4:25 p.m.

Italian prosecutors examine the illegal online sale of alleged relics of blessed Carlo Acutis, which will be declared the first thousand -year -old saint next month.

The examination of the Perugia public prosecutor’s office was described by a complaint by the Bishop of Assisi, the city in which Acutis’ grave is for public worship.

“On the Internet there is a marketplace for relics related to various saints such as our St. Francis with a price list. To accept a little impossible,” said Bishop Domenico Sorrentino from Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino in a statement on March 26.

SORRENTINO submitted a formal complaint to the Italian authorities after learning an internet auction of a suspected first -class relic of Acutis’ hair, which was sold online by an anonymous user for 2,000 euros.

“We don’t know if the relics are real or wrong,” said the bishop. “But if it were invented, if there were deception, we would not only be in the middle of a fraud, but also from an insult to religious faith.”

According to canon law of the Catholic Church, the sale of relics is strictly forbidden and second -class. Relics can only be given away by their owners, and some very important relics such as heart, arm etc. cannot be given away without the permission of the Vatician.

Acutis’ wafer fair is scheduled to take place on April 27th during the anniversary of the church on St. Peter Square.