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 == Special features ==
 Add a level 2 section called "Special features." Add a line break and then populate it with a bulleted list of the parish's shrines, relics, miraculous events, honor the heritage of a particular ethnic or cultural group, historical significance, distinctive architecture, special liturgical celebrations, or natural/environmental features. Use a single asterisk * for each bullet point instead of double asterisks in the 'Special features' section.
+== Relics ==
+Explain
+Many ordinary Catholic parishes around the world possess and display relics, though the extent varies greatly:
+* '''Common practice''': Almost every Catholic church has at least some third-class relics (touched cloths) and often small first- or second-class relics embedded in the altar stone (required by traditional canon law—Canon 1237 §2 in the 1983 Code still encourages it).
+* '''Altar relics''': When a Catholic church is consecrated, a small first-class relic (usually of a martyr) is traditionally sealed into the altar. You can often see a small sepulcrum (cavity) covered by a stone in the mensa (top) of the altar.
+* '''Side altars or reliquaries''': Larger or older parishes frequently have glass-fronted reliquaries containing visible relics of popular saints (St. Anthony of Padua, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Maria Goretti, St. John Paul II, etc.).
 == Related parishes ==