#public-display

#public-display

For the first time in nearly eight centuries, the general public was able to see the remains of one of the Catholic Church's best-known saints. The patron saint of Italy's remains have been resting in a stone sarcophagus for centuries. On Saturday, the coffin was ceremoniously transferred from the crypt to the lower church of the Basilica of St Francis of Assisi. The display will last one month and end on March 22.

The proposal to bring Space Shuttle Discovery back to Houston has drawn criticism for being impractical due to high costs and concerns about appropriate display.