I don't really need to comment on this story, do I?
A vial containing blood drawn from Pope John Paul II shortly before he died will be installed as a relic in a Polish church soon after his beatification this year.
It's as if they aren't even trying to avoid the connection to voodoo, vampirism, and blood magic.
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