3rd Class Relic

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I hope I put this in the right category!

(Please keep in mind that I am very new to all of this…)

On December 31st, I received a package in the mail from Fatima.org. They sent me a book on the Fatima visions (which I had already a copy) and a beautiful Fatima medal. The medal has a little sticker on the back, which I thought was a perfume sticker, since the inside of the baggie smelled like rose-scent. However, Google tells me that it is a piece of cloth and is considered a 3rd class relic.

Can someone explain this to me?

Thank you!
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A third class relic is usually a piece of cloth that has touched a first or second class relic of a saint.
 
The cloth has touched a first or second class relic. Coincidentally I just ordered a few Padre Pio prayer cards with third class cloth relics which have touched his first or second class relics.
 
Do I do anything special with it? Such as a certain prayer, etc.
 
What are anyone’s expert opinions on some of the relics of the True Cross that can be found in reliquaries or medallions and are sealed and have original documentation that they can the True Cross. Would churches sell actual relics like this, particularily one of such obvious significance?
 
The selling of relics is against Canon law, though it’s my understanding a created item such as a prayer card or a rosary can still be sold for its original monetary value; the fact that it’s became a third class relic after its creation just cannot increase its value. Something like a peice of the true cross is literally priceless (of course it couldn’t be sold), though a relic such as this needs a church seal claiming it’s authenticity.
 
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Do I do anything special with it? Such as a certain prayer, etc.
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Pray with it, especially when you are praying to that saint. It doesn’t have to be the prayer on the card. All the relic really does is increase the “significance” of the card as part of it has touched a relic of the saint.
 
I thought it is against canon law. there is this seller going by the name of " Father Salvatore" who is selling these,supposedly shipped ( which can mean anything) from Vatican City, and authenticated by a Bishop, etc. etc. many with official seals and such. Even if there are a handful being offered, and supposedly authenticated by someone in the Vatican, then since it’s prohibited by canon law, then shouldn’t the Vatican do something about this, to stop it?
 
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