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With slowing real estate sales in many markets across the country, some real estate agents are willing to try almost anything to sell a house -- even if that means burying a saint.

No, not the actual saint -- a statue. Some real estate agents believe that digging a hole and burying a statue of St. Joseph on the site of a for-sale home can help to lure a buyer. But the practice has stirred debate about whether the practice is true to the faith or a commercialized and superstitious ritual. There are several companies that sell statues and offer St.

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