Relics for sale.Shopping on eBay isn't so saintly saint·ly adj. saint·li·er, saint·li·est Of, relating to, resembling, or befitting a saint. saint li·ness n. , according to according toprep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the International Crusade for Holy Relics (ichrusa.com). The organization is calling for a boycott of the online auction house until it stops allowing relics to be sold and enforces its own rules barring sale of body parts. The boycott follows a decade of unsuccessfully lobbying on behalf of the saints. A recent search of "saint relics" on eBay found saint medals, but also the skull of St. Ursula. The ICHR ICHR Institute for Child Health Research (Israel) ICHR International Champagne Horse Registry ICHR Indian Council for Historical Research ICHR International Crusade for Holy Relics ICHR International Centre for Humanitarian Reporting says that many of these relics are fake, and if they are real, they are disrespectful dis·re·spect·ful adj. Having or exhibiting a lack of respect; rude and discourteous. dis re·spect to the saints and the people who venerate them. "Our saints should be enjoying their eternal reward in peace, not having their body parts sold like cheap trinkets," said Tom Serafin, founder and president of the ICHR, in a press release.
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