So it was when at the funeral, the explosion of the corpse of Pope Pius XII occurred: He scandalized the Vatican

The explosion of the corpse of Pope Pius XII during his funeral in October 1958 generated a profound shock in the Vatican and in the international Catholic community. The pontiff had expressed in life his refusal to be embalmed by traditional methods, which triggered a chain of errors that culminated in a grotesque and unusual event. A failed method provoked the explosion of the corpse To respect his will, his personal physician, Riccardo Galeaz…