A jar containing holy bones and relics recovered from Christchurch’s Catholic Cathedral. Photo: Cathedral HouseDemolition workers at Christchurch's Catholic Cathedral have excavated coffee jars full of holy bones and relics that were buried underneath the building for more than 40 years. She told RNZ reporter Ella Stewart that finding these relics has been a once in a life time experience:“When you think of the reverential objects that they contain, these holy relics, and they’re in a Greggs coffee jar. Holy relics like these were once a core part of the Roman Catholic tradition. A safe containing coffee jars filled with holy relics and bones from the cathedral.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 18, 2021 21:33 UTC