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Faithful flock to Turin Shroud museum
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Debate: Does it matter if relics are fake?
This week Archbishop Nichols suggested that it didn’t necessarily matter if a relic was authentic or not. Speaking about the British Museum’s Treasures of Heaven exhibition, he said: [R]elics are a...
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Heroes like Derek Barrowcliff light up our dark times
Having ended my last blog with the words “What sad times we live in”, I feel I should qualify it. Having just read the obituary of a chap called Derek Barrowcliff who has died aged 92, in the Telegraph...
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Morning Catholic must-reads: 23/03/12
Benedict XVI used a cane reportedly for the first time in public this morning when he arrived at Leonardo da Vinci airport in Rome at the start of his gruelling six-day trip to Mexico and Cuba (video)....
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Today’s Catholic must-reads: 04/12/13
The “seed of eternity is planted within us” at baptism, Francis said at his general audience today (short video, full video). The Pope also called for prayers for the Orthodox nuns kidnapped in Syria...
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Expert dismisses historian’s claim that Turin Shroud was made for medieval...
A member of the team that carried out the only major scientific study of the Turin Shroud has dismissed new claims that the shroud was an item in a medieval Easter ritual rather than the burial cloth...
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During Turin Shroud display, archbishop offers absolution to women who have...
With the aim of ensuring that the public display of the Shroud of Turin promotes conversion and healing, the archbishop of Turin has given priests throughout the archdiocese special faculties to offer...
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Pope Francis to visit Turin Shroud
The Turin Shroud went on display yesterday for the first time in five years. The 14ft cloth, which is protected by a climate-controlled case, will be on display at Turin Cathedral until June 24. Pope...
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‘Obsession’ with authenticity hides Turin Shroud’s real meaning, says expert
Letting go of the “obsession” with the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin can free people to discover its real value, one of the shroud’s leading historians has said. No matter what science and...
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Morning Catholic must-reads: 22/06/15
Francis prayed before the Turin Shroud on Sunday at the start of his two-day visit to the Italian city (short video, full video, official programme). The “great powers” did nothing when they received...
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Pope Francis says face of Christ on Shroud ‘pushes us towards those who suffer’
Pope Francis prayed before the Turin Shroud on Sunday, following in the footsteps of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who have venerated the Shroud over the past two months. The Pontiff prayed for...
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‘The great powers should have done more to protect people from the Nazis,’...
Pope Francis has criticised the “great powers” of the world for not doing enough to protect Jews, Christians, homosexuals and others who were sent to death camps during the Second World War. The Pope...
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Turin Shroud replica displayed at Ahmadiyya Muslim convention in Hampshire
More than 30,000 Muslims gathered in Hampshire this weekend to hear Barrie Schwortz, an Orthodox Jew, discuss the significance of the Shroud of Turin, a Christian artefact. The Jalsa Salana UK...
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Turin Shroud stained with blood of torture victim, new research claims
The Shroud of Turin is stained with the blood of a torture victim, scientists have claimed. Researchers in Italy said the linen cloth, which is believed to have been wrapped around Christ’s body after...
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Turin Shroud: the latest evidence will challenge the sceptics
A verse in the epistle to the Hebrews asserts that faith is “the substance of things hoped for – the evidence of things not seen.” The resurrection of Jesus Christ is an event forever hoped for, but it...
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