FF VII was never fiished Aerth was to be (ya know)

[Squall of SeeD]

Tseng had captured Aeris, so it still makes sense that an image of Cloud's memory of her would show up in the church.

Possibly, but I'm inclined to think it a glitch. It's only present while the screen is loading, and when it's fully loaded, the image disappears.

Oops, didn't read kawaii's post. sorry.
That's weird because during my first runthrough the "rod" I thought I saw was the whole reason I thought that she would be revived by the end of the game. I only recalled seeing it before the earthquake.
Must've been actually been a spear or something. >_<*

Don't worry about it. Mistakes like this happen.