Fresh off a controversial restoration, the Shroud of Turin is supposed to publicly displayed for the first time in decades! For those of you who don't know, the Shroud is an ancient piece of cloth with the image of a man on it. Some claim that it is the burial shroud of Jesus, while others maintain it's a clever forgery. Who knows? Either way, this is definitely one of those things that you have to see. Otherwise, it would be like going to the Louvre and skipping the Mona Lisa. Huh? Who does that? This is definitely something to see, even if you don't believe it for a minute.

The restoration I spoke of was actually performed in 2002, and widely criticized for it's harsh treatment of the cloth. The Shroud, which has water, fire, and crease damage marks all over it, certainly didn't need any rough handling. Still, Pope John Paul II had actually planned for the next exhibition to take place in 2025, but recently the Archbishop of Turin asked current Pope Benedict if the schedule coudl be moved up a bit. Cheers to the Archbishop of Turin!

The Shroud will be held in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, preserved in a custom-built atmosphere-controlled bullet-proof case. The actual visit is free, but you are required to order a ticket, presumably so they can control how many people are viewing it at once. I checked the site they gave (www.sindone.org) and the ticket service doesn't seem to working yet. I imagine they'll have to jump on that soon. Still, if you're going to Italy in 2010, swing by Turin and check out the Shroud. You'll be able to brag about it for the rest of your life!

Written by  Robert Evans.

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I agree, it may look like a copy but a closer look shows it's not a copy at all. The 3D of the copy is VERY poor and distorted, the shroud is perfect, the copy certainly not. Also the shroud has blood underneath the image, the blood was there first, before the image was formed. The copy was made by first making an image and then adding blood (certainly much easier to do but proof it's not a copy nor could be real since in reality blood WOULD be first on the cloth, as it is the case with the Turin Shroud. And the shroud does not contain red oaker, no paint, the copy does. So even a first closer look shows us 3 huge mistakes, it is not a copy, it is not identical to the shroud at all. And a closer examination will show even more differences. I also wonder if it has a second face on the back, as the shroud does. http://www.youtube.com/lijkwade

 

Comment posted 10th November 2009 by Menno.

Italian copy shroud

Did this guy really copy the real Shroud of Turin and can it meet the VP8 and other tests that the real Shroud has already passed or given us belief that it cannot be duplicated. Why would God have not left a "Picture" of the one thing no one witnessed? And, considering this was financed by athiests and costs alot of mony is it to be taken seriously?

 

Question posted 10th October 2009 by Jeanne Sumstine.

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