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The Shroud of Turin will be on digital display in 2025, the Archdiocese of Turin announced on Saturday, March 15, as part of a new series of multimedia exhibits aimed at engaging more people with the purported burial cloth of Jesus Christ.
The Shroud of Turin will be “digitally showcased” this year in a multimedia exhibit, the Archdiocese of Turin announced in a press conference on March 15.
“In this Jubilee Year, we have sought a new approach to the shroud, focusing on new digital technologies,” said Cardinal Roberto Repole of Turin at a news conference in Turin on Saturday, reported by Vatican News.
While the Shroud of Turin itself will not be visible to the public, there will be a chance to see a model of the cloth in Turin’s Piazza Castello, said Vatican News.
A “Shroud Tent” will be erected in the piazza from April 25 through May 5, the day after the Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ. The Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ honors the Shroud of Turin each year on May 4.
During this period, visitors to Turin will have the chance to view a full-size reproduction of the Shroud of Turin, and significant portions of the shroud will be illuminated for deeper examination.
There will also be daily events held in the piazza during the exhibition.
“I hope that this new approach will bring more people closer, especially many young people,” said Repole.
An invitation to live with hope
The Shroud of Turin is a piece of fabric with the faint negative image of a human figure, believed by many to be the image of Jesus Christ. The shroud’s authenticity as the actual burial shroud wrapped over Jesus has been debated for centuries.
The shroud, said Repole, “is an invitation to live life with hope, because it is also the imprint of the Resurrection – of someone who is no longer in death.”
Hope, he said, “is always the belief that all the defeats in our history are not the final word, but only within the horizon of eternity. It is a horizon of hope, that Cloth that Jesus leaves us, because it tells us that there will be a judgment on history, which many men and women need.”
Following the exhibition in Turin, the digital version of the shroud will be put online.
The Shroud of Turin is housed at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy, but is rarely available for the public to see. It has not been publicly displayed since 2015, and will not be publicly displayed in 2025, the Archdiocese of Turin announced last year.
