Saturday, April 10, 2010
Faith and Science: Shroud of Turin goes on display for first time in decade
Radiocarbon dating analysis in 1988 determined that the fibres in the cloth date from the Middle Ages, sometime between 1260 and 1390, but those findings have in turn been challenged.
Source & Credit: The News | Pakistan
The News staff report | April 10, 2010
TURIN: The Shroud of Turin, believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ, will go on public display here Saturday for the first time in a decade.
Some two million people are expected to view one of the most revered relics in Christendom -- and among the most disputed -- over the next six weeks in this northern Italian city.
The rectangular piece of linen, which was painstakingly restored in 2002, measures 4.4 by 1.1 metres (14.3 by 3.7 feet) and is said to have been imprinted with an image of Christ's body, notably his face.
It was discovered in the French city of Troyes, southeast of Paris, in the mid-14th century.
Radiocarbon dating analysis in 1988 determined that the fibres in the cloth date from the Middle Ages, sometime between 1260 and 1390, but those findings have in turn been challenged.
Pope Benedict XVI will pay homage to the shroud on May 2.
The relic last went on public display in 2000 on the occasion of the Roman Catholic Church's World Youth Days, held that year in Rome.
Benedict said his visit would be "a propitious occasion to contemplate this mysterious visage that speaks silently to the heart of men, inviting them to recognise the face of God."
The viewing runs through May 23.
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