Pope to visit Turin’s Holy Shroud in May

( March 25,2010) The Holy Shroud of Turin in northern Italy will be displayed for the first time this millennium from April10 to May 22. The news was announced at a Press Conference held in the Vatican on Thursday. Many Catholics believe the Holy Shroud is the cloth in which the crucified body of Jesus was placed, leaving an imprint of his image on it. Cardinal Severino Poletti. Archbishop of Turin and Custodian of the Holy Shroud said Pope Benedict XVI will be paying a visit to the Shroud on May 2. He said the Pope will first pause for personal prayer before the Holy Shroud, and then celebrate Mass in Piazza San Carlo. As Cardinal Ratzinger, leading the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, he had visited it previously on its first display in 1998 . It will be the first public showing of the Shroud since it underwent restoration in 2002.