Religious Relics

If we believe something is sacred, does it make it so?

27 May 2021

Presented by Ed Kessler.

Production by David Perry, Claire Curran, Tara Zammit.

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The Turin Shroud, the staff of Moses…why do some believers make pilgrimages to see and touch religious relics? Do these objects have any agency in the real world, or are they frauds? Mohammed Ahmed and Ilaria Bernocchi join Ed Kessler to re-examine relics...