[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

If you're truly interested in a Catholic perspective on the subject of St. Peter's burial place, try this book: Walsh, John Evangelist, The Bones of Saint Peter. The Fascinating Account of the Search for the Apostle's Body England: Collins, Fount paperbacks, 1984. It's out of print, so you might have to check your library or used bookstore. It is an archaeological narrative explaining how the bones were discovered and the evidence that points to their identity as Peter's bones. The author gives a pretty balanced account and admits that there's no way to know 100% if the bones are genuine. I found the account pretty convincing, and I began reading as a skeptic.

I had actually looked for Walsh's book on Amazon (as you say, out of print -- ugh) or, failing that, some good excerpts thereof which mught be lurking in the recesses of GOOGLE, but hadn't found any.

If you should happen across any such nuggets from Walsh's book out there on the Web, I would of course be happy to read them. Thanks.

best, OP

[Hermann the Cherusker]

I had actually looked for Walsh's book on Amazon (as you say, out of print -- ugh) or, failing that, some good excerpts thereof which mught be lurking in the recesses of GOOGLE, but hadn't found any.

Keep looking. The SSPX has a few pages up.

[editor-surveyor]

"I had actually looked for Walsh's book on Amazon..."

A better place to find any book that you may be searching for is abebooks.com. You can place a 'want' and they will search the lists of all of the used book stores in the western world for your book :o)