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Old 22nd July 2008, 12:52 PM
Grant Smith Grant Smith is offline
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Originally Posted by Kelvin R View Post
I presume the human remains were the coffin (and remains) of Pier Giorgio Frassati who became a role model for young Catholics before he died in 1925 aged 24. His coffin was brought to Australia from Italy especially for WYD. Normally this would be an open coffin but this time had to be sealed.

I find that somewhat morbid...

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