The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy, houses a fascinating artifact: a massive cloth shroud that bears the shadowy image of a man who appears to have been crucified.

One of the most controversial debates for centuries has raged over a single piece of yellowed linen that bares the ghost-like image of a crucified man - the Shroud of Turin. It first appeared in ...

He added that there were fears the original shroud – which is in Turin Cathedral – could eventually be lost, but the replica provided an opportunity "for the faithful" and the people who "don ...

The famed burial shroud that many Catholics say bears the face of Jesus has been dated back to Christ’s time, a new study says, which raises questions about whether the relic is more than a ...

Just in time for the current Easter season, news emerged from Italy that a new approach to dating the Shroud of Turin has located it squarely in the time frame necessary for it to have wrapped the ...

A new study claims the Shroud of Turin likely never touched Jesus, sparking debate over the authenticity of Christianity’s most famous relic. Moraes found that a shallow sculptural technique ...

The Turin Shroud is a linen cloth measuring 1.21m by 4.42m believed by some to bear the impression of Jesus Christ. For the first time in a decade it has gone on display in Turin. Here we have ...

Luckily for Turin, there is a counterbalance. Not far away is one point on the triangle of white (“good”) magic (the others being Lyons and Prague). Here is the Duomo, which houses the Shroud ...

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