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Cloth with late pope's blood stolen from Cologne cathedral

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2013 file picture a tourist takes pictures of a religious relic of late Pope John Paul II in the Cologne Cathedral, Germany. A cloth with a drop of blood from the late Pope John Paul II has been stolen from Cologne Cathedral. Police said a visitor noticed the disappearance of the religious relic early Sunday June 5, 2016 and alerted church usher. In a statement, police quoted the cathedral’s provost, Gerd Bachner, lamenting the spiritual loss of the relic. ( Oliver Berg/dpa via AP)
Original Publication Date June 05, 2016 - 6:15 AM

BERLIN - A cloth with a drop of blood from the late Pope John Paul II has been stolen from Cologne Cathedral.

German police said a visitor noticed on Sunday that the religious relic had disappeared and alerted a church usher.

In a statement, police quoted the cathedral's provost, Gerd Bachner, lamenting the spiritual loss of the relic.

Police said the cloth was in a glass container that had been pried from a base of a sculpture commemorating the pope's visit to Cologne in 1980.

Bachner urged the thief to return the relic.

Pope John Paul II was the leader of the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005.

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