Turin Shroud back on display in 2010

In the Spring of 2010, just ten years after the last exposition in the Jubilee year, The Turin Shroud, a linen cloth believed to have been used to cover the body of Christ his after his crucifixion, will once again be on display in the Cathedral of Torino from the 10th April to 23rd May.

For the first time ever, it will be possible to see the Holy Shroud following the intervention it underwent in 2002. This restoration, carried out under the supervision of professor Flury Lemberg, has allowed many important operations like:

- The removal of the pieces of cloth burnt in the Chambéry fire in 1532;

- The removal of the “patches” applied by the Clarisses;

- The removal of the lining of Holland to which it was fastened in 1534 and the placing on a new support.

New and more detailed information will be provided along the introductory route to the Shroud which, among other things, will also include, in the pre-reading area, super high resolution photographic documents.

The booking system for visits to the Shroud, which you can access through the website http://www.sindone.org, will be fully operational from December 2009. During the Exposition, an “immediate” booking service will also be made available (for same day visits) at a reception point that will be set up in Piazza Castello, near the Cathedral. Maximum attention will be devoted to meeting the needs of the sick, disabled, members of religious orders and diocesan pilgrims.

Various ecclesiastic and cultural activities will accompany the display of the Shroud and Pope Benedict XVI himself will be in Turin Sunday 2nd May 2010 to revere it.

For further information please visit: http://www.sindone.org

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