Rome: Pope Authorizes Television Exhibition of Shroud of Turin

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"The event, connected with the "Year of Faith," will happen 40 years after the first and unique TV exposition of the Shroud on November 23rd, 1973."

Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | US Desk
Source/Credit: Shroud of Turin Website
Edited by Imran Jattala | February 27, 2013

Pope Benedict XVI, as one of his last acts as Pontiff, has authorized a television only exhibition of the Shroud of Turin on March 30, 2013 (Holy Saturday).

The showing will broadcast directly from the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist where the cloth is permanently stored, it was announced this morning according to the the Shroud of Turin Website, STERA, Inc.

Barrie Schwortz, editor & founder of the Shroud of Turin Website, disclosed the news after he received an email from Bruno Barberis, President of the International Center for the Study of the Shroud (Centro Internazionale di Sindonologia) in Turin.

"I would like to give you in advance an important piece of news," Bruno Barberis wrote in his emaol. "On March 30th (Holy Saturday) in the late afternoon (Italian time) in the Turin Cathedral there will be a TV exposition of the Holy Shroud."

"The exposition will be broadcast by the RAI Uno television network."

Further according to Bruno Barberis, "the event, connected with the "Year of Faith," will happen 40 years after the first and unique TV exposition of the Shroud on November 23rd, 1973."

"The Shroud will remain in its room in the Cathedral and the length of the exposition will be around one hour," Mr. Barberis added.

A press conference will be held regarding this special exposition on March 1st in Turin at 11.00am, it was learnt.

Mr. Schwortz says "it is likely that footage from this exposition will be picked up and shown by other television broadcast networks around the world and on the internet."



  --  Courtesy: Akram Khalid


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