Pope Benedict XVI has viewed the Turin shroud - the cloth in which, according to many believers, Christ was buried.“The Holy Shroud eloquently reminds us” of Jesus’ suffering, he said in Turin.
The frail linen, which shows an image of a man’s body and what appear to be the marks of crucifixion, has gone on display for the first time in 10 years.
It is on public view for six-weeks. Tests in 1988 suggested that it dated from the Middle Ages, but those carbon dating findings are contested.
The shroud went on display in a bullet-proof and climate-controlled case in Turin Cathedral on 10 April.
Some two million people are expected to see it.
Ahead of his visit to the shroud, Pope Benedict told followers that it “mirrors our suffering in the suffering of Christ”.
The BBC’s Duncan Kennedy in Rome say that the Pope is by tradition the keeper of the shroud, but it is not clear what his own personal thoughts are on its authenticity.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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