Faith Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:03:33 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb $1 million to replicate Shroud of Turin /home/international/item/36442-1-million-to-replicate-shroud-of-turin /home/international/item/36442-1-million-to-replicate-shroud-of-turin

Are you looking to make an easy $1 million? All you have to do is recreate a photographic negative image of an apparently crucified man on a 14-foot-by-3-foot piece of linen. And it has to have holographic features, so that when it is rendered as a three-dimensional profile based on the intensity of the shading, it should produce an accurately contoured 3-D image of a human form.

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International Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:15:34 -0500
Editorial: God so loved us /columns/item/34305-editorial-god-so-loved-us /columns/item/34305-editorial-god-so-loved-us

During Holy Week, debate erupted on social media — quelle surprise — over the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin. One would-be stumper hoped to best everyone by demanding rhetorically: “If itƵapp not an image of Christ, how do you explain it?”

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 21 Apr 2022 08:46:47 -0400
Shroud of Turin to be displayed on livestream for Holy Saturday /home/international/item/31400-shroud-of-turin-to-be-displayed-on-livestream-for-holy-saturday /home/international/item/31400-shroud-of-turin-to-be-displayed-on-livestream-for-holy-saturday

VATICAN CITY -- With people forced to stay home, even during Holy Week, because of the coronavirus pandemic, the archbishop of Turin has announced a special online exposition of the Shroud of Turin, which many believe is the burial cloth of Jesus.

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Mon, 06 Apr 2020 08:57:17 -0400
Conference aims to push the boundaries of faith and science in study of the Shroud of Turin /item/30018-conference-aims-to-push-the-boundaries-of-faith-and-science-in-study-of-the-shroud-of-turin /item/30018-conference-aims-to-push-the-boundaries-of-faith-and-science-in-study-of-the-shroud-of-turin

In R. Gary ChiangƵapp mind there is no argument over the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin — science has already proven the existence of the supernatural.

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mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Canada Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:34:01 -0400
A close encounter with the Shroud of Turin /item/29237-a-close-encounter-with-the-shroud-of-turin /item/29237-a-close-encounter-with-the-shroud-of-turin

VANCOUVER – When Deacon Pete Schumacher began working in image processing and remote sensing — a technology that analyzes images from X-rays, satellites or the ocean floor — he had no idea it would lead him to a personal encounter with Jesus.

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Canada Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:58:10 -0400
Shroud of Turin expert criticizes new study casting doubt on authenticity /home/international/item/27709-shroud-of-turin-expert-criticizes-new-study-casting-doubt-on-authenticity /home/international/item/27709-shroud-of-turin-expert-criticizes-new-study-casting-doubt-on-authenticity VATICAN – A leading expert on the cloth believed to be the burial shroud of Jesus dismissed a new study claiming that blood patterns on the shroud are not consistent with those left by a crucified person.
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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 19 Jul 2018 16:42:23 -0400
Comment: There is light behind shadows of grief /opinion/guest-columnists/item/26357-comment-there-is-light-behind-shadows-of-grief /opinion/guest-columnists/item/26357-comment-there-is-light-behind-shadows-of-grief Visiting a cousin, Joe, who lives far away, my family and I received a tour of his most unusual home. ]]> marym@catholicregister.org (Mary Marrocco) Guest Columns Mon, 13 Nov 2017 15:19:10 -0500 New research: Shroud of Turin bears blood of a torture victim /faith/item/25739-new-research-shroud-of-turin-bears-blood-of-a-torture-victim /faith/item/25739-new-research-shroud-of-turin-bears-blood-of-a-torture-victim

TURIN, Italy – New research indicates that the Shroud of Turin shows signs of blood from a torture victim, and undermines arguments that the reputed burial shroud of Jesus Christ was painted.

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cna-ewtn@catholicregister.org (CNA/EWTN News) Faith Fri, 21 Jul 2017 05:00:00 -0400
Man of the Shroud exhibit in Ottawa inspires thousands /item/24856-man-of-the-shroud-exhibit-in-ottawa-inspires-thousands /item/24856-man-of-the-shroud-exhibit-in-ottawa-inspires-thousands

OTTAWA – The power of the Shroud of Turin could be found among the thousands of people who visited OttawaƵapp St. IsidoreƵapp Parish between April 4-11.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Wed, 12 Apr 2017 05:00:00 -0400
Upcoming Shroud of Turin exhibit in Ottawa is a labour of love /faith/item/24688-upcoming-shroud-of-turin-exhibit-in-ottawa-is-a-labour-of-love /faith/item/24688-upcoming-shroud-of-turin-exhibit-in-ottawa-is-a-labour-of-love

OTTAWA – When Janice O’DacreƵapp parish priest asked last October if she and her husband Allan would chair a team organizing the Man of the Shroud exhibit at their parish April 4-11, she hesitated.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Faith Sat, 25 Mar 2017 04:59:00 -0400