With a lot of hope, and also with a little trepidation, I am happy to announce
that a special exhibition of the Holy Shroud will be held in the Cathedral of
Turin in 2015. In fact, I have recently received by the Secretary of State of
the Holy See the communication of assent by the Holy Father, in such a public
exhibition as part of the celebrations for the bicentenary of the birth of St.
John Bosco, Father and Teacher of young people, whose fruitful charism is now
more relevant and alive than ever, even in the works initiated by him and in
the service that his sons and daughters of the Salesian congregation hold in
favor of the universal Church.
The
exhibition will be held in a period of about 45 days between the Easter season
(from mid-April 2015) and the closing celebrations of the bicentenary (August
16th, 2015).
We are confident that on this occasion Pope Francis may come to pray before
the sacred Linen and to honor St. John Bosco, sealing an extraordinary year
for our ecclesial and civil communities.
The opening of the exhibition in the Easter refers to the death and
resurrection of the Lord, and with it the beginning of the Church's mission.
The Shroud, Veil of death, for believers becomes a proof which recalls, with a
great evocative effectiveness, the victory of the Lord of life. Yes, because
the Shroud leads us into the darkness of the tomb of Christ, but it also
leaves a glimpse of the light of his resurrection. It shows us the deep wounds
caused to the Lord by his passion and death on the cross, announcing at the
same time the victory of grace over sin, of forgiveness over hatred and
violence, of trust in God over despair. The darkest mystery of faith that the
Holy Saturday reminds us, is at the same time the brightest sign of a hope
that goes beyond the death.
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This is how Pope Francis invited us in his message on the occasion of the
recent television exhibition of the Shroud: “The
face in the Shroud reveals a restrained but powerful energy within it shine
through, as if to say: have faith, do not lose hope; the power of the love of
God, the power of the Risen One overcomes all things”.
If devastating is the sin that leads us away from him and deeper the
sufferings which oppress us or the trial that we have to deal with, much
bigger and more fruitful of joy and hope is the Easter victory that is given
to us.
The Shroud in this time of crisis, therefore, can give strength and hope to so
many persons, families and communities, to anyone who knows how to contemplate
and worship it with faith and love and is committed in living it.
This exhibition is truly extraordinary, close in time to the last of 2010
because it connects to a special circumstance as the Salesian Jubilee: an
anniversary full of meaning for Turin and its surroundings, because here are
the roots of holiness and experience of the Don Bosco sons; and because here
the Salesians, in all their components, offer also today a valuable service in
many sectors, from education to sport and animation of the parish community,
to the world of mass media. The exhibition of the Shroud is an event and an
experience distinct from the Salesian celebrations, even if in the context of
what will be held in 2015. I believe, however, that we can proceed in a
climate of mutual and fraternal collaboration with the Salesian family.
I spoke of hope and concern.
Hope because the exhibition is always a great occasion of pilgrimage and
meditation that reaches the hearts of people and produces spiritual fruits
also unexpected and unhoped for. Concern, trepidation because I know well, as
my collaborators remember me and having followed the previous exhibitions,
what it means to organize such a big event, which involves the city and the
whole Region. Even for that I trust on from the collaboration with the people,
communities and organizations that have actively and effectively collaborated
in the organization of previous exhibitions and the active service of the
media to help spread all the necessary information. In the coming weeks the
organisms and the management that already worked on the previous exhibitions
will be defined; of course the news of all these acts, such as the progress of
work, will be promptly communicated.
I believe that the very difficult situation that we are experiencing requires
the involvement of all the qualified parties in Turin and in Piedmont: first
of all the parishes and ecclesial realities and each of the faithful, the
local authorities like the State institutions, the bank foundations, the world
of business and work.
We also ask our brothers and sisters of other christian denominations to join
our prayer so that this event can promote a common understanding of the faith
in the christian kerygma of the death and resurrection of the Lord that all we
profess. We respectfully invite the faithful of other religions to accompany
us with their friendship and goodwill during the time of the Shroud exhibition.
With all of them we want to start a real dialogue to find out what resources
we can put together for the success of an event which, I know, has a clear
ecclesial nature but has also became an important opportunity to promote and
offer everyone the great values of welcoming, respect, solidarity and love
that Turin and its surroundings have as foundation of their religious and
social life experience.
I would like the Shroud exhibition of 2015 to excel also in terms of sobriety
and simplicity.
The exhibition of the Shroud is not the answer to the economic, social,
ethical and cultural crisis we are fighting against. However, it shows that we
want to get out of the crisis by using all our resources. The exhibition is
therefore an opportunity that is given to us to prove - to ourselves first of
all - that we are able to work together, on a concrete project that even on
the level of resources provides an example of the poverty recalled by Pope
Francis. The poor, the sick, the disabled, people in need, the elderly and
families will be the most important for us.
There is another important word I want to say, and it is "welcome".
We want the pilgrims and visitors to find a city that is "waiting for them",
that wants to meet them. The Christian communities have experienced various
forms of exchange and mutual understanding during the previous exhibitions
using the great resource of volunteers. In all exhibitions of the postwar
period, the volunteers proved to be the true wealth of these pilgrimages: the
purple jackets of the Shroud, but also all those who belong to other
organizations that have provided medical assistance and health care, that have
attended the groups, and the endless service systems that must be activated on
occasions like this. Not forgetting the many partners who have contributed
with offers and services.
Prayer and faith, welcome, involvement, sober and essential organization of
the resources are the keywords to organize together the exhibition of the
Shroud, each one with its own role and its own powers and responsibilities.
Mgr. Cesare NOSIGLIA
Archbishop of Turin
Papal Custodian of the Holy Shroud
(Diocese of Turin website,
December 4, 2013)
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Dr. Frederick Zugibe, the medical examiner who
modernized forensic pathology, died Friday night, Sept. 6. He was 85. Zugibe
obtained his medical degree from West Virginia University in 1968 and became
board certified in anatomic and forensic pathology. He earned a master’s
degree from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in anatomy and histochemistry from
the University of Chicago. He served 33 years as Rockland medical examiner,
creating the office that handled 264 cases during his first year and more than
8,000 by the time he retired in 2002. When he retired, Zugibe estimated that
the office had done more than 10,000 autopsies over 34 years.
Zugibe also gained international renown for his work on the Shroud of Turin
and did scientific research on the cause of Jesus’ death. He wrote the book
“The Crucifixion of Jesus, a Forensic Inquiry”.
(Steve
Lieberman, The Journal News,
Sep. 7, 2013)
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Born in Budapest
(Hungary), she was the only daughter of Baron Farkas, a physicist who
introduced the radiotherapy in the oncological hospital in Budapest. In this
hospital she worked as a scientific photographer.
She graduated at the Academy of Music in Budapest, she has been an opera
singer. After the murder of her boyfriend, Count Brunswick, by the Nazis,
Ilona has never married. The family villa was destroyed by bombing during the
Second World War and the Communists deported her, with her parents in a
concentration camp for two years. After the failed uprising of 1956, drowned
in blood by the Soviets, Ilona managed to get a permit to come and study in
Italy. When she arrived, she
asked for political asylum.
In Italy she worked as a journalist for Radio Europa Libera and as an
administrator for the Center of Sindonology of Rome. Then she worked for the
Publishing House Giovinezza, which published the magazine Collegamento pro
Fidelitate. She realized also, for the same publishing house, the
newspaper founded by her, Collegamento pro Sindone. In 2000 she decided
to close the paper magazine, whose construction had become too burdensome, and
to post articles exclusively on the Internet. In 2003, on her 80th birthday,
Ilona realized that her strength was decreasing and could not continue to
work. She retired from active life therefore. Intelligent woman and very
private, she has kept until the end her lucidity and her love for the Holy
Shroud and for music. She was interested in all the news on the studies and
research relating to the precious relic and loved to follow the concerts,
operas and ballets on TV. She died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 90
years old June 21, 2013.
We entrust Ilona to
the Lord, accompanying her with our prayers. We will remember her with great
nostalgia.
Emanuela and Maurizio Marinelli
(June 25, 2013)
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Statement of the Archbishop of Turin on the new project of "clean room" for
the Shroud - Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Palazzo Chiablese, Turin
I am
happy to tell you – as you already know – the occurred decision, which is shared
by the Superintendency and the Diocesan Commission for the Shroud, as well as
the Holy See appropriately informed and involved, of proceeding with the removal
of the current building called "New Sacristy". This is an intervention often
requested by dr. Turetta and responding to both the very temporariness of the
structure, and to its gradual deterioration in progress and to the needs to give
back to the square its original architectural setting.
The
decision follows a precise agreement signed authoritatively by the Diocese and
by the Superintendency and confirmed gradually in the past years in which we
committed ourselves to carry out such a removal after completing the 2010
Exhibition. Since pacta sunt servanda, I did not shirk that commitment,
influencing however, its implementation only when the works of the Guarini
chapel were resumed. Now, since this condition has come true, there were no more
reasons not to respect this commitment.
These
years, however, were not in vain, because they allowed us to deal with
constructive spirit, intense dialogue and cooperation between the Diocese and
the Superintendency a requirement related to the Shroud, which was about the
demolition of the sacristy. The problem that we had to face – and was reversed
in my opinion very well, with the satisfaction of both the parties involved –
was that for which it was built the so-called sacristy. That is to ensure the
possibility to the Shroud of being subjected to those interventions planned for
its preservation and to possible photographs or new research.
The
solution found in the Royal Palace will guarantee to respond to these needs in a
much more functional and positive way than it is now: it will be possible to
carry the Shroud with a linear route much shorter and adjacent to the current
chapel of the Holy Shroud; it will be a Clean room used exclusively for
the Shroud; that will ensure privacy and not visibility from outside; it will be
equipped with modern sophisticated technological means, which will ensure the
safety and a suitable environment for the possible presence of the Shroud for
all those needs already experimented, based on the experience of the past
years.
Other
opportune services, for which the sacristy was responsible during the
Exhibitions, can easily be carried out by taking advantage of the room below the
chapel of Guarini, that, once the work is finished, can be fully used. Other
hypothesis of transformation of the sacristy in according the necessities of the
Cathedral have never been raised during the two years of reflection and dialogue
between the Commission Diocesan and the Superintendency, so they are just
hypothesis not much feasible and, however, that lie outside the Shroud problem
and require far additional testing and widening.
In
this regard, I would like to recall all those who care about the Shroud and its
custody – I say all, and therefore also the same journalists and media operators
– to keep a sober style, respectful of the delicacy with which every action on
the Shroud must be managed and also attentive to the shades, in accordance with
the highest truth and professionalism. Giving credit to rumours that trigger
arguments or media clouds of dust based on low-profile banalities or fanciful
and untrue news, to feed diatribes or curiosity in the audience, means reducing
the discourse on the Shroud to a degrading gossip disrespectful neither of the
dignity of the Shroud itself or of the Custody, which concerns not only the
Custodian but everyone and the whole city in its various components.
Before giving the floor to Dr. Turetta and to some members of the Diocesan
Commission to illustrate other aspects of the occurred decision, I sincerely
thank all who have worked to achieve this result and the Compagnia di San Paolo
for their contribution to the realization of the project.
Mgr. Cesare NOSIGLIA
Archbishop of Turin
(Diocese
of Turin
website, April 9, 2013)
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Dear brothers and sisters,
I join all of you gathered before the Holy Shroud, and I
thank the Lord who, through modern technology, offers us this possibility.
Even if it takes place in this way, we do not merely “look”,
but rather we venerate by a prayerful gaze. I would go further: we are in fact
looked upon upon ourselves. This face has eyes that are closed, it is the face
of one who is dead, and yet mysteriously he is watching us, and in silence he
speaks to us. How is this possible? How is it that the faithful, like you, pause
before this icon of a man scourged and crucified? It is because the Man of the
Shroud invites us to contemplate Jesus of Nazareth. This image, impressed upon
the cloth, speaks to our heart and moves us to climb the hill of Calvary, to
look upon the wood of the Cross, and to immerse ourselves in the eloquent
silence of love.
Let us therefore allow ourselves to be reached by this
look, which is directed not to our eyes but to our heart. In silence, let us
listen to what he has to say to us from beyond death itself. By means of the
Holy Shroud, the unique and supreme Word of God comes to us: Love made man,
incarnate in our history; the merciful love of God who has taken upon himself
all the evil of the world to free us from its power. This disfigured face
resembles all those faces of men and women marred by a life which does not
respect their dignity, by war and violence which afflict the weakest… And yet,
at the same time, the face in the Shroud conveys a great peace; this tortured
body expresses a sovereign majesty. It is as if it let a restrained but
powerful energy within it shine through, as if to say: have faith, do not lose
hope; the power of the love of God, the power of the Risen One overcomes all
things.
So, looking upon the Man of the Shroud, I make my own the
prayer which Saint Francis of Assisi prayed before the Crucifix:
Most High, glorious God,
enlighten the shadows of my
heart,
and grant me a right faith, a
certain hope and perfect charity,
sense and understanding, Lord,
so that I may accomplish your holy and true command. Amen.
(Vatican
website, March 30, 2013)
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Dear brothers and sisters,
in
this Holy Saturday, when the whole Church stands in front of the tomb of the
Lord in an attitude of silence, prayer, meditation on the mystery of his death
on the cross, we contemplated the Holy Shroud and we focused on the face
marked by a deep suffering, on the hands and the wrists pierced with nails, on
the chest lacerated by the centurion's spear, of that crucified man who speaks
to us in a so dramatic, intense and real way, about the suffering of Jesus.
As
Pope Francis reminds us, in his message that we will hear shortly, “ours
was not a simple watching, but a worshiping, a look of faith, a letting us
look”.
Yes, because the Shroud recalls the darkness of the tomb of Christ, but it
also lets us catch a glimpse of the light of His resurrection, it shows us the
deep suffering caused to the Lord by His passion and death on the cross, but
it announces at one time the victory of grace over sin , of forgiveness over
hatred and violence, of hope over despair. The darkest mystery of faith that
the Holy Saturday reminds us is at the same time the most luminous sign of a
hope that has no limits.
For
this reason the Holy Shroud is truly the icon of Holy Saturday that reveals
the infinite love of Jesus for His and for all mankind, his trust in the
Father that supports Him and accompanies Him until the end. Here is the
absolute greatness of the Shroud. That face of the Man of sorrows, His
sufferings, and His death, which reflects the suffering and abandonment of so
many men and women subject to violence, injustice and oppression, wars, hunger
and poverty, reveal to us how powerful is God's love and His mercy. Who can
contemplate it with faith receives strength to overcome all evil and
difficulties that torment his or her existence: the blood that can still be
seen so clearly engraved in the cloth, is the bearer of life because it is
through the blood of Christ the Lord that we all receive salvation.
We
must therefore listen to the voice of the Holy Shroud, we must dive into his
eloquent silence, we have to fill the heart with the faith that can turn its
contemplation in a song of joy and Easter hallelujah. The Exhibition of this
Holy Saturday aims to help those who love the Shroud or however those who
welcome and respect its mystery, to place themselves in this attitude of
meditation, to welcome with faith the message of the resurrection of the Lord,
that this night will be announced in each church.
The
message of the Shroud is aimed primarily at you, dear sick, disabled and
suffering people that are the ones who more than any other, can understand and
live the true and deep meaning that brings to the heart so much serenity and
courage. You, in fact, participate in person to the mystery of pain that lived
in union with Christ crucified and risen, produces abundant fruits of grace
for you, your loved ones, your communities, the Church and all mankind.
Therefore, live with joy and confidence this moment in which you can
contemplate the Shroud and be reflected in that body and that face full of
wounds, from which come the light and the overwhelming force of love that
redeems and saves.
And
you too young friends, do not be afraid of the cross of Christ and of what it
reveals, the mystery of his suffering, from which arises the life for
everyone. The Shroud tells you that loving means suffering with the knowledge
that the God of life overcomes evil with good, and He also transforms the pain
in way of redemption and salvation. There is no love without loss of self in
the free gift which makes you to know true joy, for which the depth of your
heart yearns.
Dear brothers and sisters, let us accept the invitation that Pope Francis says
in his message: “the Face of the Shroud reveals a contained energy, yet
powerful, as if it says: have faith, do not lose hope, the strength of the
love of God, the power of the Risen Christ conquers everything.” Therefore
Let us raise to God the hymn of praise and gratitude because if devastating is
the sin that separates us from him and deeper are the sufferings that oppress
us or our challenges, much bigger and more fruitful of joy and hope is His
Easter victory that is given us. Let us pray so that we can bring the image of
the Shroud in the eyes and in the heart to guide our uncertain steps towards a
faith in the risen Christ stronger and more persevering, a charity more open
to the free gift of self, a hope in Him more reliable and safer.
Blessed Mary the Sorrowful Mother who welcomed on her knees the mortal body of
her divine Son, may support our journey from sin to grace, from darkness to
light, now and forever. Amen.
(Diocese
of Turin
website, March 30, 2013)
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In view of the TV Exhibition scheduled for Saturday afternoon, the debate
continues on the studies on the sacred linen.
The note by Mgr. Nosiglia
Fanti and Gaeta's new book on the Shroud is in the library from a few days.
Prof. Fanti, University of Padua, presents the results of the experiments on
fragments of the Shroud in his possession. From this it follows that the
Shroud is compatible with the time when Jesus Christ was crucified. Another
refutation to questionable, and discussed, the results of the examinations
C14, spoiled by errors in calculations, and that dated the cloth to the Middle
Ages.
Yesterday a note International Centre for Sindonology and from the Archbishop
of Turin, Mgr. Cesare Nosiglia, from Turin, put stakes in the work of Fanti.
It can not be attributed to ''any serious value'' to the results of the
research on the Shroud reported in the book, said to the ANSA the Papal
Custodian of the Shroud Archbishop of Turin Cesare Nosiglia. ''Since there is
no degree of safety on belonging of the materials on which these experiments
were carried out on the cloth of the Shroud - reads a note by Mgr Nosiglia -
the Property and the Custody declare that they can not recognize any serious
value to the results of these alleged experiments''.
The
archbishop of Turin thus confirms the statements issued previously on the
occasion of similar attempts done in the past on alleged samples of Shroud
material by his predecessors, Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini and Cardinal
Severino Poletto. ''Perhaps it would be useful and necessary to resume the
research - said Mgr Nosiglia - but at the moment there will be no activities
in this sense. We will evaluate with the Holy See what we will need to do''.
A
little later arrived Giulio Fanti’s clarification, according to which the
samples upon which new research on the Shroud are based “come exactly from
those that Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini excluded from his statement because
they were 'material taken with the explicit permission of the Custodian during
the exams of October 1978'”. According to the International Centre of
Sindonology (CIS) the materials examined are not "traceable" with certainty
and so this would thwart the reliability of the research. But for professor
Fanti the finds examined by him are absolutely "traceable" and come, as
evidenced by documents in his possession, by withdrawals preceding 1978. "The
results of the published research - also states Fanti - may be confirmed by
parallel tests conducted by the CIS". In his note the scholar declares himself
"available to give his know-how for this purpose".
And
this last sentence certainly assumes a meaning of challenge. But the story of
sampling of material from the Shroud, which has been a nightmare for those
Turinese people in charge, is varied and complex. And we must say that prof.
Fanti had access to the original material.
In
short, there have been drawings of material of the Shroud in both 1978 and
1988. In both cases, they were approved by the Custodian of the Shroud,
Archbishop (later Cardinal) Anastasio Ballestrero, with the consent of the
owner, Umberto II of Savoy in 1978, and Pope John Paul II in 1988. According
to rumors in sindonologists environments for a long time, prof. Fanti would
have received some fibers taken from the Shroud in 1978 by prof. Ray Rogers,
one of the American scientists of the STURP.
But
in 1988 John Riggi of Numana, the expert who cut the Shroud for the
examination under C14, with the agreement of Cardinal Ballestrero would have
kept some of the fibers of the Shroud, collected some fragments of blood and
aspirated dust samples present in between the linen and the Holland cloth. The
conditional is obligatory; it was not drawn up any record of the sampling for
the C14, just think for a semi-official sampling like that. But it is very
likely that after Riggi’s death, in 2008, some of the material preserved by a
special foundation has come to Fanti. After the death of Ballestrero card.
Saldarini issued a statement, asking that any free Shroud material had to be
returned. But it seems that no one has complied with the request.
All
of this to conclude: prof. Fanti carried out the research on the certain and
authentic Shroud material, even if outside the control the International
Centre of Sindonology. And besides, at 25 years after the C14 examination,
whose credibility the results of Fanti further contribute to crumble, perhaps
we might begin to assume a continuation of the research program at that time
created by the STURP, the Shroud of Turin Research Project, the international
group of scientists who in 1978 produced an incredible wealth of reliable
scientific findings, tested on the Shroud.
On
the subject intervened the current Archbishop of Turin with a note. With
reference to the news of the publication, from the publisher Rizzoli, of the
volume “Il mistero della Sindone” by Giulio Fanti and Saverio Gaeta, in
which are described research carried out on material which is supposed to come
from the Shroud, the Papal Custodian of the Holy Shroud confirms what is
contained about it in the official statements on “experiments and analysis on
the Holy Shroud” already released – in the occasion of other similar attempts
done in the past about alleged samples of material of the Shroud – from its
predecessors: by Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini in September 1995 and by Cardinal
Severino Poletto on May 4, 2009.
In particular, he reiterates that since there is no degree of safety on
belonging of the materials on which these experiments were carried out on the
cloth of the Shroud, Property and Custody declare that they can not recognize
any serious value to the results of these alleged experiments.
(Marco Tosatti, Vatican
Insider, March 28, 2013)
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Turin, March 27,
2013
With reference to the
news of the publication from the publisher Rizzoli of the book “Il mistero
della Sindone” by Giulio Fanti and Saverio Gaeta, in which are described
research carried out on material which is supposed to come from the Shroud,
the International Centre for Sindonology of Turin expresses their reservations
in front of an approach to the subject that would be based on factors such as
the analysis of tissue samples whose belonging to the Shroud results at least
questionable and not provable, because it is free of any traceability.
In
this regard the CIS refers to the official statements on “esperimenti e
analisi riguardanti la Sacra Sindone”(“experiments and analysis on the
Holy Shroud”) already released – in the occasion of other similar
attempts done in the past about alleged samples of material of the Shroud – by
Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini in September 1995 and by Cardinal Severino Poletto
on May 4, 2009, as “Papal Custodians of the Holy Shroud” and therefore also on
behalf of the Holy See, the owner of the Shroud.
«More and more
reports of experiments carried out on samples of material of the Shroud
circulate in order to verify the results of the analysis carried out with the
method of Carbon 14 in the summer of 1988. As far as the target can be
legitimate and the Church recognizes the right for every scientist to do the
research that he considers appropriate within its science, in this case it is
necessary to clarify that:
a) no new sampling
of material occurred on the Holy Shroud after April 21, 1988 and both the
Property and the Custody of the Holy Shroud are not aware that there may be
residual material from the collection in the hands of third parties;
b) if this material
exists, the Custodian points out that the Property did not give anyone the
permission to keep it and make any use and pleases the persons concerned to
put it back in the hands of the same;
c) since there is
no level of security on belonging of the materials on which these experiments
on the cloth of the Shroud were carried out, Property and Custody declare that
they can not recognize any serious value to the results of the alleged
experiments;
d) this does not
apply of course to the research started with the material taken with the
explicit permission of the Custodian during exams of October 1978;
e)
in a climate of mutual trust with the scientific world, the Holy See and the
Archbishop of Turin invite the scientists to wait until the time has come for
the realization of a clear program of research organically concerted».
Turin, September
1995
Giovanni Card. SALDARINI
Archbishop of Turin
Papal Custodian of the Holy Shroud
«In
the mass media have appeared in recent times, news about research carried out
on alleged material of the Shroud, serving various objectives. On them the
Papal Custodian of the Shroud feels obliged to take a position on the line of
the statements already released in 1995 by his predecessor, Cardinal Giovanni
Saldarini.
It is undisputed
for the Church that every scientist has the right to do the research necessary
in the field of the Shroud within its competence, in accordance with the
sensibilities of the faithful and the rights of Property of the Shroud. It is
necessary, however, to make some clarifications regarding the use of alleged
material of the Shroud:
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No new
sampling of material for the purpose of research has occurred on the Holy
Shroud after April 21, 1988 and both the Property and the Custody of the Holy
Shroud are not aware that there may be residual material to that collection in
the hands of third parties. What has been achieved in the intervention of
restoration of 2002 was immediately inventoried and placed under seal, in the
sole and entire disposition and discretion of the Holy See.
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As there is
no degree of safety on belonging to the Shroud of materials on which the
experiments in question would be carried out, the Property and the Custody
declare that they can not recognize any serious value to the results of such
experiments.
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In the climate of mutual trust with the scientific world, the Holy See and the
Archbishop of Turin invite the scientists to wait until the opportune time has
come for the realization of a clear and serious research program organically
concerted. In this respect, we inform you that the research program is still
suspended until the end of next Exhibition, as we hope to start a realization
in the following period».
Turin, May 4, 2009
Severino
Card. POLETTO
Archbishop of Turin
Papal Custodian of the Holy Shroud
(Centro Internazionale di Sindonologia
website, March 27, 2013)
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With reference to the
news of the publication, from the publisher Rizzoli, of the book “Il
mistero della Sindone” by Giulio Fanti and Saverio Gaeta, in which are
described research carried out on material which is supposed to come from the
Shroud, the Papal Custodian of the Holy Shroud confirms what is contained
about it in the official statements on “experiments and analysis on the Holy
Shroud” already released – in the occasion of other similar attempts done in
the past about alleged samples of material of the Shroud – from its
predecessors: by Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini in September 1995 and by Cardinal
Severino Poletto on May 4, 2009.
In
particular, he reiterates that since there is no degree of safety on belonging
of the materials on which these experiments were carried out on the cloth of
the Shroud, Property and Custody declare that they can not recognize any
serious value to the results of these alleged experiments.
Turin, March 27,
2013
Mgr. Cesare NOSIGLIA
Archbishop of Turin
Papal Custodian of the Holy Shroud
(Diocese of Turin website,
March 27, 2013)
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Archbishop Nosiglia’s announcement: «It will be an action of intense spiritual
thickness, which will help not to lose hope»
Pope Francis will attend with a videotaped message of Holy Saturday the TV
Exhibition that RAI Uno will air worldwide. This was announced this morning by
the Archbishop of Turin, Mgr Cesare Nosiglia. «This is a message of intense spiritual thickness - said the papal custodian of
the Shroud -, that will accompany the several sick and suffering people that
will be in the cathedral or in their homes and in hospitals, and many others
that will contemplate the Shroud, not to lose hope in the love of God which is
accomplished in the death and resurrection of the Lord». Nosiglia pointed out
that that of the Pope is “a gesture of goodwill towards the Turin diocese,
which houses the Shroud” and called Francis «a sign of Easter resurrection that the living Lord raised in his Church to
give strength and courage of hope to his people and to all mankind». The
archbishop explained that «the Exhibition in such a special day as the Holy
Saturday, wants to mean that the Shroud, although it is not a matter of faith,
is a very important testimony of the Passion and Resurrection of the Lord».
And he added: «It's a little challenge, this Exhibition, because to the logics of the show we
preferred those of the content: we hope that television will help the audience
to enter into the mystery of Easter».
(Maria Teresa Martinengo, La
Stampa, March 27, 2013)
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On the occasion of
the extraordinary Exhibition of the Shroud, the transmission will follow the
event live worldwide on RAI Uno on Saturday March 30, 2013 at 11.30 a.m.
Italian time (10:30 a.m. GMT).
After the 2010
Exhibition, which saw the participation of 2 million pilgrims from all over
the world, and 40 years after the first TV Exhibition, broadcast live on
November 23, 1973, the Shroud, through the cameras of A Sua Immagine will be
seen all over the world.
Rosario Carello,
with guests in the studio, will reconstruct the history and the deep spiritual
meaning of the Holy Cloth, called by Benedict XVI "Icon of Holy Saturday."
We will show images
of the unveiling of the Shroud, taken from the shrine in which it is placed
and positioned for the Exhibition. We will relive the moments of the past
Exhibitions. We will go into the mysterious origin of this image, in order to
document the impressive correspondence with the story of the Passion of Christ
in the Gospels: the sores, the blood, the wounds of the crown of thorns, the
hits of the scourges. (RAI - A
Sua Immagine
website, 25 Marzo 2013)
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It will be the Man
of the Shroud the center of the usual Good Friday episode of ‘A Sua
Immagine’. Rosario Carello, with studio guests, will draw a journey
to discover the figure of Jesus. Waiting for the TV Exhibition of the Shroud,
scheduled for Saturday, March 30, during the broadcast of Friday we will
rebuild the identikit of the man Jesus, starting from the linen that wrapped
Him in the Sepulchre. How tall was Jesus?
How was His body? What did His face look like? We will try
to reconstruct the image of Christ from the marks on the Shroud.
On Good Friday, the
day full of greatness and mystery, the traces of the precious relic will lead
us into the secret of the Passion of Christ. Francesca Fialdini will
lead us in the Museum of the Shroud of Turin, to show us the rebuilding of
some objects, symbol of the Passion: the crown, the nails, the cross. We will
see how in the Shroud we can see not only the darkness of death, but the light
of the Resurrection. During the episode we will go in search of experiences
that tell the importance of the Shroud for the spirituality and the faith of
contemporary believers. (RAI -
A Sua Immagine
website, March 25, 2013)
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The
Archbishop of Turin, Mgr Cesare Nosiglia, confirms that he will make the
request to Pope Francis to receive a video message that will be transmitted on
the occasion of the extraordinary TV Exhibition of the Shroud, on Holy
Saturday. He excludes instead the hypothesis, spread on social media, that the
Pope can attend in person to the Exhibition.
The
declaration was released to the microphones of
Prima Radio
on
March 14, 2013. Below is the text of that declaration:
“It
is impossible to come [to Turin], it is something absolutely inconceivable,
because it is on Holy Saturday, it is a day in which the Pope has the
celebration at St. Peter's church, almost at that time or right after, so it
would be something really impossible. The speech was different; it concerned a
TV message, also recorded, if necessary (if not that day, because they
are very intense days), of a few minutes, about the fact that he could be
present during this Exhibition. The thing, I think, was quite possible, even
indicatively examined with Benedict XVI, then, obviously, happened what has
happened, now we will try to reach him too, having regard also this, let's say
'warning', that he has towards his own Piedmontese land. I hope that we can
find an answer, but I do not know, because the days are very intense, very
hectic, I think, for him too, so we do not expect nothing, absolutely. But I
think that we will try to make the request, and then we will see also if it
can be accepted.”
(Diocese of Turin
website, March 17, 2013)
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Access to the Cathedral limited to a small group of young people and sick
people. For everyone live broadcast around the world on RAI Uno on March 30.
Diocesan
Convention on Saturday March 16.
The Exhibition of
the Shroud, on Holy Saturday March 30, 2013, will only be on TV: there
is no access to the Cathedral except for a small group of sick people and
their carers, and young people who have begun the journey of the Synod. Mgr. Nosiglia, presenting the initiative last Friday to reporters, explained
the meaning and the terms of this extraordinary "event": to offer to
television viewers all over the world images of the Shroud, in the context of
their prayer of Holy Saturday, as a chance to reflect on the suffering and
death of Christ, and the pain in the contemporary world.
So this is a TV show, not a
"pilgrimage to the Shroud" as the latest Exhibitions were. The broadcast will
air on the afternoon of 30 March on RAI Uno (the exact time will be specified
by RAI). the public will
not be able to access in any way to the Duomo; the same Piazza San Giovanni
will not be fully accessible, since it will receive, first of all, transit and
parking of vehicles transporting the sick people.
The information will be
disseminated not only on the diocesan website, but also on the
Voce del Popolo (Turin
Diocese’s weekly magazine) and on the website
www.sindone.org and
www.diocesi.torino.it.
The
Web-TV missionidonbosco.tv
will try to make the
visitors participate in the event.
The time of the Exhibition
is being developed and it
will be communicated as soon as possible.
(Diocese of Turin
website, March 8, 2013)
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The relationship between the veneration of the Shroud and
the life of faith is at the core of the Diocesan Convention of Saturday, March
16th at 9:30 am at the Congress Center Santo Volto, via Val della Torre 3 -
Turin. Are planned the interventions of Mgr. Cesare
Nosiglia, Enzo Bianchi, Don Roberto Gottardo, Don Giuseppe Ghiberti, Marco
Bonatti. The meeting is open to all the faithful of
the Diocese of Turin, with particular attention to the volunteers of the
Shroud.
It will be an opportunity to reflect on the Shroud issues
from a pastoral point of view, and to clarify some details on TV
Exhibition, its meaning, issues related to the reproduction of the image
imprinted on the Shroud. (Diocese of Turin
website, March 8, 2013)
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Shroud broadcast worldwide but an
APP is coming too
Not only on television, but also on the smartphone or on
the tablet. In the Year of Faith organized by now "emeritus pope"
Benedict XVI, the Shroud open to new media. And in time for the
television Exhibition
that will be broadcast worldwide on RAI Uno on the next March 30, in the
virtual stores will come an application that will let you see the Shroud in
high definition on your mobile device. A "Sindone
2.0", initially only available for Apple. The
APP will match the
television Exhibition, the second in history after
the one of November 23, 1973, announced by Pope Ratzinger before leaving the
throne of Peter, as a last gift for Turin. The day, Easter Eve, has
been proposed by papal custodian of the Shroud, Mgr Cesare Nosiglia,
remembering just the words spoken by Benedict XVI during his visit to the 2010
Exhibition: «The
Shroud is the icon of Holy Saturday». The archbishop started to think
about the Exhibition this summer. Yesterday the announcement, after obtaining
the consent of the Holy See. «We were hoping for a video message from
Benedict XVI, but then things went differently. We will try again with the new
pope», the archbishop announced. The worldwide connection
will be from inside the
Cathedral of Turin. Nosiglia will lead the Liturgy of the Word, because the
Holy Saturday is a "day of silence" in which the Church does not
celebrate the Eucharist. Three hundred people will be
able to attend. They will be «chosen
from among those who carry in their bodies and souls the Passion of suffering
Christ», the archbishop clarified. Patients, disabled, people who have
lost their homes or jobs. The Shroud will not be moved from the chapel where
it is kept since 2000, after the fire in 1998. Shortly before the live
broadcast, it will be taken out of the shrine, and its "bed", where it
is kept lying, will be lifted in vertical position. «The optimal conditions
of temperature, humidity and atmosphere inside of the shrine - ensures the
Deputy Director the International Centre of Sindonology, Gian Maria Zaccone -
will be extended to the whole chapel». People downloading the app to
the study of society HAL9000, that in 2008 filmed the Cloth at very high
resolution, can interact virtually on the Shroud with four paths: a free one,
which will allow the vision of the image with the deepening of its biblical
significance. The other fee-paying, which will add three more widenings,
dedicated to the details of the Sheet, to the "Man of the Shroud", to
scientific surveys. (Gabriele
Guccione, La Repubblica, March 2, 2013)
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Friday, March 1 press conference with Mgr. Nosiglia.
RAI Uno live
around the world on March 30 for the Year of Faith
Friday 1st March at the Metropolitan Seminary (via XX Settembre, 83 - Turin),
during a press conference, the papal custodian Mgr Cesare Nosiglia explained
the meaning and the reasons for the next extraordinary TV Exhibition 'Sindone
2.0', as part
of 'Year of Faith and also in relation to the situation of the complex times
in which we live. You can download the intervention of
Mgr Nosiglia during the press conference and his
message to the Diocese and the City for the TV Exhibition. More
information and details on the official website
www.sindone.org.
Images of the Shroud will be taken by the cameras of RAI Uno and broadcast
around the world, just for one day, Saturday, March 30, Easter Eve. (Press
conference of extraordinary TV Exhibition presentation 'Sindone 2.0', March 1, 2013)
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Saturday, March 30, 2013, in the
afternoon (Italian time)
on RAI Uno television network,
the liturgy presided by the papal custodian Mgr. Cesare Nosiglia in the
transmission "A sua immagine" - A proposal for prayer and reflection for Holy
Saturday, in the Year of Faith.
Holy Saturday and
the Shroud: a special prayer
from the Cathedral of Turin,
to give the whole world the
opportunity to contemplate the Shroud.
The initiative of the Archbishop
and Papal Custodian
Mgr. Cesare
Nosiglia, in
agreement with the Holy See,
is proposed to be an important stage
in the journey of "new
evangelization" wanted by John Paul
II and continued by
Benedict XVI through
the proclamation of the Year
of Faith.
The television
exhibition will be held in the Cathedral of
Turin, where the Shroud
is kept for more than
three centuries: the liturgy will be
an invitation to reflect on the
image that recalls the
Passion of the Lord. But
in the Cathedral to venerate the
Shroud, there will be above all the
sick people, witnessing
every day in their lives the
union with the Passion and
Cross of Christ through those
sufferings which the
Shroud is an image, and
that recall the Gospel witness
of the Passion of Jesus. (Sindone.org
website, March 1, 2013)
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- I would like to give you in advance an important piece of
news. 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. This 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. On March 1st in Turin at 11 am a press conference will be
held regarding this special exposition. (Bruno Barberis, Shroud of Turin
website, February 27, 2013)
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Shroud, the first technological Exhibition, Benedict XVI’s last gift
After the first survey, commissioned in 1973 by Cardinal Pellegrino, next
March 30, on Easter Eve, the new great appointment. Friday March 1st
at 11 am, at the Metropolitan Seminary (Via XX Settembre, 83 - Turin), during
a press conference, the Archbishop of Turin, Mgr. Cesare Nosiglia, papal Custodian
of the Shroud, will present the television Exhibition to be held on
March 30, Easter Eve. A
series of multimedia products made on the occasion of the Exhibition will also
be introduced and updates on some specific aspectsof scientific research on
the Shroud will be offered.
After the 2010 Exhibition, during which 2 million pilgrims from all over the
world went in front of the Sheet, in the
Cathedral of Turin, and 40 years after the first television Exhibition, that
was broadcast live on November 23, 1973 by the Swiss Hall of Royal Palace,
where the Sheet was showed vertically (not
horizontally as is habit), once again the Shroud, can be seen all over the
world through the cameras of RAI Uno: the broadcast will be in fact
transmitted internationally. The Exhibition will be in the Easter Eve,
recalling the significance attributed to the Sheet by Benedict XVI during his
visit in Turin on May 2, 2010, when he called it "Icon of Holy Saturday". The
initiative of television Exhibition is part of the Year of Faith willed by
Benedict XVI.
(Vatican Insider, La Stampa,
February
27,
2013)
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The
Jesuit Father Jorge Loring died in the early hours of yesterday afternoon at
the El Ángel clinic in the capital aged 92, as confirmed by the Jesuit
community of Malaga. 
