Exhumation of Padre Pio

The body of Padre Pio, the famous 20th Century Italian priest who became St. Pio of Pietrelcina in 2002, has been exhumed and put on display on the fortieth anniversary of his death.

I am no longer a practising Catholic (I would probably describe my beliefs as agnostic leaning towards theistic) but it must be said I find the whole affair thoroughly distasteful and, dare I say it, irreverent. By digging up his body and placing it on public display, it seems to me as if the Church wants to make money from pilgrims or stir up publicity. Cynical as that is, I can't help but feel disgusted by the public display of a famous corpse on an anniversary, it just seems to me as such a disrespectful act. When I've conked out and am six feet under I want to be bloody well left there!