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• A Protestant discovers the Shroud of Turin.
• "The shroud is a challenge to our intelligence. ... The mysterious fascination of the shroud forces questions to be raised about the sacred linen and the historical life of Jesus.
• "The Church urges that the shroud be studied without pre-established positions that take for granted results that are not such; she invites them to act with interior freedom and attentive respect for both scientific methodology and the sensibilities of believers" (Pope John Paul II, from an address at the Cathedral of Turin in Italy, May 24, 1998).
• The authenticity of the Shroud of Turin has been intensely debated since 1898, when Italian photographer Secondo Pia photographed the cloth and was shocked to see a clear image when he viewed the negative. ...
• Trinity Western University philosophy professor Phillip Wiebe says that his own considerable doubts about the shroud have been laid to rest. ...
• The Shroud of Turin is a linen sheet 4. ...
• To enhance the world's understanding of the shroud and its impact on belief in the crucifixion, a scientific commission was set up in the early 1970s. For five days, 30-40 scientists carried out a detailed analysis of the shroud. ...
• When the shroud is photographed, the negative image which is first developed reverses the areas of light and dark, making the image clear. ...
• It was widely reported that this proved the shroud a medieval fake and, although subsequent examinations have shown that the results were in serious error for several reasons, most people are still unaware of these findings, says Professor Wiebe. ...
• While science continues to investigate how the image was formed, its probable date of origin, and how best to preserve it, for Professor Wiebe, the shroud is the place where faith in Christ and evidence that He was crucified and resurrected intersect.
• Last August, the Langley professor was invited to present a paper at Sindone 2000, the World Congress on the Shroud, in Orvieto, Italy. As the congress took place during a rare exhibition (about once a generation) of the shroud, he was able to fulfil a decades-old dream.
• I knelt in veneration of the One Whom the shroud depicts, and came away totally convinced that the resurrection is real. ...
• For 15 years, Professor Wiebe had considered the odds against proving the shroud's authenticity to be almost insurmountable. ...

• SPECIAL JOHN PAUL THE GREAT 80TH BIRTHDAY ISSUE.
• Upon the unexpected death of John Paul I on September 28th, Cardinal Wojtyla rejoins the College of Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel to elect another Pope. John Paul I whose reign lasted on 33 days, was the first pope to choose a double name. Known as the "smiling Pope", John Paul I declined to have a coronation ceremony. ...
• Peter and chooses the name John Paul II. He becomes the first Polish Pope, the first non-Italian Pope since Adrian VI in 1523, and the youngest pontiff since Pope Pius IX one hundred years ago. Like his predecessor, John Paul II declines the papal tiara and is installed in an outdoor Mass in St. ...
• John Paul II begins an odyssey that would identify him as the "Pilgrim Pope": with the most extensive travel itinerary in the history of the papacy. ...
• John Paul II is shot in the abdomen on May 13th, Feast of Our Lady of Fatima in St. Peter's Square by would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Agca who John Paul would later forgive. ...
• John Paul II resumes his world visits traveling to Africa, Portugal, Great Britain, Brazil, Argentina, Switzerland, and Spain. ...
• John Paul II formally approves revision of the Code of Canon Law for the Latin Rite, replacing a code of 1918. ... The Shroud of Turin is bequeathed to the Pope by King Umberto. ...
• John Paul II holds first international gathering of young people at the Vatican. ...
• John Paul II inducts 28 new members into the College of Cardinals (an all-time high of 152). ...
• John Paul II establishes World Youth Day in Buenos Aires on Palm Sunday. ...

• John, the Shroud, and the Jews .
• '" (John 19: 1-19. ...
• John, the "beloved disciple," marked the beginning of Christian anti-semitism. ...
• It has been reported that Pope John Paul II said recently, "Why is it that only the Catholic Church has to acknowledge its mistakes?" Then he added smiling, "But maybe that is as it should be. ... John's Gospel. ...
• John. ... At the turn of the century, the Abbe Alfred Loisy, who held that the trial of Our Lord before the Sanhedrin was "impossible and imaginary," 7 as do his successors today, was forcefully condemned in 1906 by Pope St. ...
• It is refreshing to hear Cardinal Paul Taguchi, the Cardinal Archbishop of Osaka, in his marvelous position paper of 1975, "The Study of Sacred Scripture," call these notions of the Modernists "pseudo-scientific nonsense": .
• Speaking of the title from the Cross, Jesus of Nazareth, The King of the Jews, which is kept in Rome in the Church of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, Father Puech makes an extraordinarily stupid statement concerning the Holy Shroud of Turin: .
• "I cannot say whether this relic the title is prior to the late Byzantine period, 5th _ 7th century; or rather the Middle Ages, when the Shroud of Turin was fabricated. ...
• The Modernists really hate the Holy Shroud, because it is a miraculous witness for our own times of the historicity of the Gospels, particularly of the Gospel of St. John. ... John we read: "But one of the soldiers with a spear opened His side, and immediately there came out blood and water. ... " (John 19:34, 35. ... , in his excellent The Shroud of Turin, writes: .
• In 1907 Pope St. ... John: .

• Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, Archbishop of Krakow, Poland, is elected Pope and takes the name John Paul II (16 Oct. ...
• Taking of possession of St John Lateran, the cathedral of Rome (12 Nov. ...
• Visit to Turin, Italy (13 Apr. ...
• Meeting at St John Lateran for International Youth Year; Apostolic Letter to the Youth of the World for International Youth Year (30-31 Mar. ...
• Letter Iuvenum patris for the centenary of the death of St John Bosco (31 Jan. ...
• Pilgrimage to Turin, Italy, the land of St John Bosco (24 Sep. ...
• For the first time in 50 years, all the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops meet the Pope at the Vatican (25-26 Jun. ...
• Apostolic Letter for the fourth centenary of the death of St John of the Cross (14 Dec. ...
• Mass at St John Lateran for the opening of the Public Assembly of the Roman Diocesan Synod (3 Oct. ...
• Hedwig and John of Dukla; 600th anniversary of the theological faculty of the Jagiellonian University (31 May-10 Jun. ...
• Visit to Vercelli and Turin, Italy; prayer before the Shroud (23-24 May).

• Pontificate of pope John Paul II: an overview.
• VATICAN CITY, OCT 14-15, 1998 (VIS) - John Paul II was elected Pope on October 16, 1978, and his pontificate was solemnly inaugurated on October 22. ...
• 16 Cardinal Karol Wojtyla is elected successor to Pope John Paul I, becoming the 264th Pope of the Catholic Church. He is the first non-Italian Pope since Adrian VI (1522-23), the first Polish Pope, and the youngest Pope since Pius IX (1846-78). He takes the name John Paul II. ... 17 First "Urbi et Orbi" radio message of John Paul II. ... 23 John Paul II's historic embrace of Cardinal Wyszynski. ... 5 Visit of John Paul II to Assisi to venerate the tomb of St. ... 12 As bishop of Rome, John Paul II takes possession of St. John Lateran Basilica. ... 5 John Paul II begins his pastoral visits to the parishes in the diocese of Rome: St. ...
• 24 John Paul II accepts the request for mediation in the border conflict between Argentina and Chile. ... 25 First pastoral visit of John Paul II outside Italy: to the Dominican Republic, Mexico (for the Third General Conference of the Latin American Bishops, Puebla) and the Bahamas. ... 13 John Paul II presides over funeral of Secretary of State Cardinal Jean Villot, who died on March 9. ... June 2 Second pastoral visit of John Paul II outside Italy: to Poland (June 2-10). June 2 Historic homily of John Paul II at Victory Square in Warsaw: "It is not possible to understand the history of the Polish nation without Christ. ... 29 Third pastoral visit of John Paul II outside Italy: to Ireland, the United Nations and the United States of America (September 29-October 8). ... 2 John Paul II addresses the UN General Assembly in New York. ... 28 Fourth pastoral visit of John Paul II outside Italy: to Turkey (November 28-30). ...

• JOHN PAUL THE GREAT 22nd ANNIVERSARY.
• Upon the unexpected death of John Paul I on September 28th, Cardinal Wojtyla rejoins the College of Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel to elect another Pope. John Paul I whose reign lasted on 33 days, was the first pope to choose a double name. Known as the "smiling Pope", John Paul I declined to have a coronation ceremony. ...
• Peter and chooses the name John Paul II. He becomes the first Polish Pope, the first non-Italian Pope since Adrian VI in 1523, and the youngest pontiff since Pope Pius IX one hundred years ago. Like his predecessor, John Paul II declines the papal tiara and is installed in an outdoor Mass in St. ...
• John Paul II begins an odyssey that would identify him as the "Pilgrim Pope": with the most extensive travel itinerary in the history of the papacy. ...
• John Paul II is shot in the abdomen on May 13th, Feast of Our Lady of Fatima in St. Peter's Square by would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Agca who John Paul would later forgive. ...
• John Paul II resumes his world visits traveling to Africa, Portugal, Great Britain, Brazil, Argentina, Switzerland, and Spain. ...
• John Paul II formally approves revision of the Code of Canon Law for the Latin Rite, replacing a code of 1918. ... The Shroud of Turin is bequeathed to the Pope by King Umberto. ...
• " John Paul II holds first international gathering of young people at the Vatican. ...
• John Paul II inducts 28 new members into the College of Cardinals (an all-time high of 152). ...
• John Paul II establishes World Youth Day in Buenos Aires on Palm Sunday. ...

• 5&f=4532','voting','toolbar=no,status=no,scrollbars=no,location=no,menubar=no,directories=no,width=200,height=200'); return false;}">In the year 1644 both Bishop Ussher and Doctor John Lightfoot calculated that the Earth was created on Sunday 23 October 4004 BC, at 9 o’clock in the morning, just after breakfast. ...
• 5&f=4446','voting','toolbar=no,status=no,scrollbars=no,location=no,menubar=no,directories=no,width=200,height=200'); return false;}">It was recently revealed by an anonymous source from the Vatican that the crisis of papal succession is due to the fact that, since the current Pope is so popular largely to his previous footballing career for Poland, the Catholic church are desperate to find another footballer to succeed him. ...
• Pope John-Paul-George-Ringo | Enzo 1){window. ... 5&f=4431','voting','toolbar=no,status=no,scrollbars=no,location=no,menubar=no,directories=no,width=200,height=200'); return false;}">Pope John-Paul the second is a very keen Beatles Fan. He originally wanted to name himself Pope John-Paul-George-Ringo the first. But after protests from the school of Cardinals, he settled for Pope John-Paul the second.
• Father Liam O'Shea, a contributor to the study said, "He made water out of wine, spoke in riddles and went around starting arguments, If Jesus wasnt Irish then Im the feckin pope!".
• In fact, the original Turin Shroud was eaten in the 15th century.

• John Paul II.
• VATICAN CELEBRATION OF POPE'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY.
• com) -- With 20,000 cheering pilgrims from Poland on  hand for the occasion, Pope John Paul II today celebrated the 20th   anniversary of his election to the papacy. ...
•   After the Mass, the Pope made a long trip around St. ...
• Recalling the date 20 years ago when he was approached in the Sistine  Chapel and asked whether he would accept election, Pope John Paul said,   "The ways of divine providence are mysterious. ...
• The Pope reflected with wonder that he had been called as Peter's successor,  "from the tomb of St. ... John Paul gave thanks for "the prayer and   sacrifices of all the People of God" for him during his pontificate. ...
• Turning his gaze to the future, the Pope spoke about the need to prepare for the Jubilee Year. ...
• com) -- As the Vatican celebrates the 20th anniversary of Pope John Paul's election, some hard statistics may help to place his pontificate in a historical perspective. ...
• • As of October 16, John Paul has been Pontiff for 7,306 days. His reign is the longest of any Pope elected in the 20th century, and he ranks 13th among all of the 263 successors to St. ... (Pope Pius IX had the longest tenure: 32 years, from 1846 to 1878. ...
• • John Paul has made 84 apostolic voyages, visiting 117 different countries. ...
• During these trips the Pope has delivered 2,194 official public addresses. ...
• • John Paul has presided at the canonization of 280 new saints-- 246 martyrs and 34 confessors-- in 35 different ceremonies. ...
• Of the 157 cardinals living today, 128 received their red hats from John Paul. ...

• the unofficial Pope John Paul II website .
• The Shroud of Turin .

• Prayer for the Health of Pope John Paul II .

• Pope seen advancing social teaching in ways that address U. ...
• NEW YORK (CNS) -- A Vatican official told participants in a New York symposium April 1 that Pope John Paul II has advanced Catholic social teaching in ways that address key issues currently before the United Nations. ... Dewane, undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said the pope showed "no nostalgia for a world gone by," but devoted himself to moving the church's social thought into "new terrain. " The cornerstone of Pope John Paul's social teaching is "the innate dignity of the human being," and from this standpoint he defends human dignity against the assaults that come from all directions, Msgr. ... He said the pope had broadened the concept of the right to life so that it included a wide range of issues, but still identified this right as basic. The pope believes that if a society does not hold to this principle it will have difficulty maintaining other rights, he said. ...
• Shroud of Turin experts say Gibson film sparks new interest in cloth .
• (CNS) -- The wide publicity and controversy surrounding Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" have brought a spike of new interest in the Shroud of Turin, which many believe was Jesus' burial cloth. John P. ... Jackson, who run the Turin Shroud Center of Colorado in Colorado Springs, and Barrie Schwortz, who runs the interactive Web site www. shroud. ... A New York-born daughter of Orthodox Jews who is now Catholic, she is a specialist in Jewish historical migrations and cultural influences and has written and lectured on Jewish aspects of the shroud. ...
• So instead of the usual 8:30 Mass, Deacon John Casey led the congregation in the rite for a Sunday celebration in the absence of a priest. ...

• His Holiness John Paul II.
• OF JOHN PAUL II.
• Cardinal Karol Wojtyła is elected successor to Pope John Paul I, the 264th Pope of the Catholic Church and takes the name John Paul II.
• First Urbi et Orbi radio message of John Paul II.
• John Paul II's historic embrace of Cardinal Wyszyński. ...
• As Bishop of Rome, John Paul II takes possession of St. John Lateran Basilica.
• John Paul II accepts the request made by Argentina and Chile for the Holy See’s mediation in solving the controversy between the two countries.
• John Paul II receives in audience the Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko.
• Historic homily of John Paul II at Victory Square in Warsaw: "It is not possible to understand the history of the Polish nation without Christ".
• John Paul II addresses the General Assembly of the U. ...
• Good Friday: John Paul II hears confessions of the faithful for the first time in St. ...
• John Paul II's address to UNESCO in Paris.
• John Paul II receives in audience the President of the United States of America, Jimmy Carter.
• For the first time John Paul II alludes to the events happening in Poland regarding Solidarność. ...
• Apostolic Letter Egregiae virtutis Italian in which John Paul II proclaims Sts. ...

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• Turin Shroud Exhibit Needs Home.
• By Easter Sunday, the Shroud of Turin Exhibit must vacate its CNN Center (formerly known as Omni International) home. ...
• , an Episcopalian priest who directs the center which is incorporated as the Atlanta International Center for Continuing Study of the Shroud of Turin. The center is the world's most complete public exhibit and repository for research publications and scientific analyses of the famed Shroud of Turin, according to Father Dreisbach. ...
• The Shroud of Turin is claimed by popular tradition to be the cloth in which Jesus was wrapped when He was buried. Since 1978, it has been kept in a repository in the Cathedral of Turin, Italy. Long an object of controversy, the Shroud is described as a three-foot-six-inch wide by fourteen-foot long linen cloth of herringbone weave, slightly ivory in color. ...
• The first specific reference to the existence of the Shroud itself was in 1354. ...
• In 1453, the Shroud came into the possession of the House of Savoy. It was moved to Turin, Italy, in 1578, and now is housed in the cathedral there. ... Italy's late King Umberto II (of the House of Savoy) willed the Shroud to the Vatican. ...
• At the time of its most recent public display (1978) the Shroud was subject to the most rigorous scientific examination ever performed on it. ... This research provides evidence that the Shroud had been wrapped around a body, rather than being an artistic rendering. ...
• Pope John Paul II recently gave consent to a series of new tests involving Carbon 14 dating and neutron activation measurement. These new tests will attempt to date the origin of the Shroud. ...

• What followed were clones of John Dalton from his eyes stored in England and a clone of Galileo from his finger stored in the Vatican and then a clone of Albert Einstein from the brain tissue stored in the USA. ... Everyone had high hopes for the Einstein clone but he turned out more like a John Muir of California. ... (Now, in this part of the movie is used the shroud of turin, to make a point of the fact to the world that there exists nothing physically left behind of Jesus. ... Paul was not a eye witness of Jesus. ... So, in this Sci Fi movie, I use the Shroud of Turin , a picture painting in the 13th century to draw attention to the fact that the world is supposed to accept a Christian son of God, but why is this son of God so unreachable, so hiding in everything even his physical historical remains. ... ) The Shroud of Turin was called in by the Pope at the bequest of a group of scientists. The Shroud was delivered to the scientist who were hoping for traces of any human remains, dried blood, hair. ... When he grew to maturity his height and physical body matched the shroud of turin exactly. Under terms of conditions with the Pope, all of the above was kept in secrecy and denial of the facts were policy of the church. The new boy was given the name of John and was to be cared for by a selected clergyman and his wife. ... Jesus's brother was named James and James would later go on to be an important founder in the Christian church and we still have letters sent between James and Paul.

• SPECIAL REPORT: THE 25 YEARS OF POPE JOHN PAUL II.
• PONTIFICATE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II: AN OVERVIEW.
• VATICAN CITY, OCT 6, 2003 (VIS) - John Paul II was elected Pope on October 16, 1978, and his pontificate was solemnly inaugurated on October 22. ...
• 16 Cardinal Karol Wojtyla is elected successor to Pope John Paul I, becoming the 264th Pope of the Catholic Church. He is the first non-Italian Pope since Adrian VI (1522-23), the first Polish Pope, and the youngest Pope since Pius IX (1846-78). He takes the name John Paul II.
• 17 First "Urbi et Orbi" radio message of John Paul II.
• 23 John Paul II's historic embrace of Cardinal Wyszynski.
• 5 Visit of John Paul II to Assisi to venerate the tomb of St. ...
• 12 As bishop of Rome, John Paul II takes possession of St. John Lateran Basilica.
• 5 John Paul II begins his pastoral visits to the parishes in the diocese of Rome: St. ...
• 24 John Paul II accepts the request for mediation in the border conflict between Argentina and Chile.
• 25 First pastoral visit of John Paul II outside Italy: the Dominican Republic, Mexico (for the Third General Conference of the Latin American Bishops, Puebla) and the Bahamas.
• 13 John Paul II presides over funeral of Secretary of State Cardinal Jean Villot, who died on March 9.
• June 2 Second pastoral visit of John Paul II outside Italy: Poland (June 2-10).

• The Shroud of Turin: Proof of the Resurrection.
• The Man of the Shroud has a name!.
• The imprint on the piece of cloth universally known as the Shroud of Turin is truly the face of Jesus of Nazareth! This is the conclusion of Maria Grazia Siliato, a Swiss archaeologist and expert on the Shroud, who granted us an exclusive interview.
• After its miraculous ‘escape’ from a fire in Turin Cathedral last April, the Shroud, venerated as a relic of Jesus, has started to reveal its mysteries – and they don’t fail to astonish. Are you convinced that the image is only a forgery? Do you doubt the identity of the man portrayed? Do you think that the carbon-dating tests conducted in 1988 proved conclusively that the Shroud was an elaborate forgery dating from the 14th century?.
• Maria Grazia Siliato, one of the world’s foremost experts on the Shroud, had to tell us. ...
• Siliato recently published a book, Shroud, which makes a thorough examination of all the archaeological, historical and scientific research which has to date been conducted into the world’s most famous burial cloth. ... Siliato with the most common objections against the authenticity of the Shroud.
• On Enrie’s negatives, which were developed and printed on the same night they were taken, there appears the same image of the ‘Man of the Shroud’, thus conferring poor Mr. ...
• The Shroud was subsequently photographed many times, right up to the first colour shots taken by Judica-Cordiglia and the three-dimensional images obtained with the Interpretation System VP8 Image Analyser. ...
• How can we be sure that this image hadn’t been drawn onto the Shroud?.
• (Shroud of Turin Research Project) examined the Shroud in Turin with all the most modern and sophisticated equipment available, but they found no evidence whatsoever that the image had been drawn on. ... Furthermore, traces of human blood were found on the Shroud.
• In the past, some people have even suggested that the Shroud was the work of Leonardo da Vinci. ... It is well documented that the Shroud was brought to Turin by the House of Savoy in 1453, whereas Leonardo was born only a year earlier. ... As I have already stated, the Shroud only revealed its secret in 1898, with Secondo Pia’s negative.

• An image, "so true, so profound, so human and so divine, such as we have been unable to admire and venerate in any other image" - Pope Paul VI, May 1931.
• "Something so frightening and yet so beautiful lies in it that a man can only escape it by worship" - Paul Claudel (French writer), 1946.
• What is the Turin Shroud?.
• It is a piece of pure-linen woven cloth, 14' 3" by 3' 7" long, which many millions of people down the centuries have believed is the burial shroud of Christ. ...  Pope Paul VI called it the 'Fifth Gospel'. ...
• The markings on the Shroud mirror exactly the markings that would be found if a human body was subjected to the suffering described in the Gospel accounts of the crucifixion.
• The Face of the Shroud shows clear evidence of swelling across the left cheek and left side of the nose:.
• John, Ch. ...
• The back image of the Shroud is heavily marked with small round wounds clearly identifiable as those produced by Roman 'flagra', or scourges, which had a short handle, with two leather thongs, tipped with twin bronze pellets, like small dumb-bells.
• John, Ch. ...
• The head of the man of the Shroud has many puncture wounds, from which there are substantial blood flows through the hair, and down the brow.
• John, Ch. ...
• The back image of the Shroud shows two areas of severe damage over the right shoulder and, further down, over the left shoulder: these were described by medical experts as "excoriated wounds superimposed on the wounds from the scourging", consistent with "the friction of some heavy object rubbing on an already damaged area of skin".
• John, Ch. ...
• The wrists and feet of the man of the Shroud clearly show horrific wounds consistent with nails being driven through them in the manner of Roman crucifixion.
• John, Ch. ...

• Shroud moves closer to authenticity by scientists .
• That document, prepared under his editorial direction by the International Theological Commission, is designed as an explanation of the appeal for pardon which Pope John Paul II will make on March 12. ...
•     The March 12 ceremony at which Pope John Paul II will make his plea for pardon for the sins of the Catholic past will be "one of the great moments of the Jubilee year," according to Cardinal Roger Etchegaray. ...
• " In fact, he cautioned, the ceremony could easily be misunderstood by those who do not carefully listen to the message which Pope John Paul preaches-- a message of repentance, conversion, and "purification of memory. ...
•     Cardinal Etchegaray said that the appeal for pardon should be seen in the light of another major initiative taken by Pope John Paul II: the call for the recognition of new Christian martyrs. "These two efforts by John Paul II are inseparable," the prelate remarked. ...
• Because Alan Keyes has lagged so far behind in votes, they chose to throw their support to Bush who is solidly pro-life compared with the questionable intents of John McCain. ...
• John McCain's statements seemed to move away from the pro-life position. ...
• John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota is reaching back to one of their proudest trades of their order to preserve a tradition that has been lost in the last 500 years. ...
• John's Abbey. ...
•     Calligrapher Donald Jackson will write the first verse of the Gospel of John on the calfskin vellum using a goose quill, beginning a project expected to take four years. ...
•     "We are finally writing after all of the painstaking preparation -- including work with the theologians and artists at Saint John's (University), the creation of a unique script, the careful selection and preparation of the vellum, the creation of a computer generated template and the planning of every page," said Jackson, who also serves as scribe to Queen Elizabeth's Crown Office at the House of Lords. ...
•     "We are creating something unique for modern times, not only by reviving a monastic tradition of writing the Bible, but by creating a working scriptorium of artists and calligraphers who have come together to create a work of art that reflects our own place in history," said Brother Dietrich Reinhart, OSB, president of Saint John's University. ...
• Back to Top of Page More evidence found as to Shroud of Turin's authenticity .
•   New scientific studies regarding the Holy Shroud of Turin have found significant evidence of botanical traces that place this august material in the geographical area of Israel or Jordan, giving substance to the argument that it is authentic. More tests will be performed before the Shroud is placed on public display in Turin this August for the Jubilee Year. ...

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•   The Shroud of Turin:  A Mystery Across the Ages .
• Is there an Orthodox history of the Shroud?.
• Is it not providential that today, in this age of science's hegemony, they are being challenged by a mysterious piece of cloth, the Shroud of Turin, believed by many to be the burial shroud of Jesus Christ?.
•      To say that the Shroud is a challenge to hard-line materialists is not to say that the debate over its authenticity is neatly divided between believers and unbelievers. ... But over the past two decades the debate has sharpened as proponents of the Shroud's authenticity have been joined by number of eminent scientists, This has brought considerable publicity, to the subject, and understandably so, for science has not generally been kind to religion, and most scientists have a reputation for regarding relics of this nature as so much "flummery from the Dark Ages. ...
•         Today's advanced scientific techniques have made possible an in-depth study and  analysis of the Shroud which is unique among religious artifacts in having captured the attention not only of scientists but also of scholars from many different fields. The results of their multidisciplinary work comprises a sizeable body of research which has opened a special field of study devoted to the Turin Shroud, called sindonology, from the Greek word sindon meaning burial cloth.
•      Articles on the Shroud have appeared in professional scientific journals and in the popular press, where virtually every aspect of the Shroud has been hotly disputed atone time or another. ...
•      In view of the Shroud's possible significance, it is rather surprising that there has been very little of substance offered from an Orthodox Christian point of view. ... Boutakov, undertook a thorough investigation of the Shroud. ... The second edition (1973) of The Law of God (in Russian) by Archpriest Seraphim Slobodskoy contains a brief chapter titled "The Holy Shroud of Christ," based on an article by Bishop V. Grigorenko, which looks very positively at the Turin relic. In more recent years, a short series called "The New Testament and the Shroud of Turin" by Bishop John of Atlanta has appeared in The Orthodox Observer, and an article by Bishop Chrysostomos of Orei (Greece) and Mieromonk Auxentius, "The Holy Shroud: the Controversy in Perspective" in Diaconia (see Bibliography), whose purpose is not so much to evaluate the Shroud as to caution against hastily dismissing it as a fraud--as some Orthodox do--on the basis of certain objections which will be discussed below. This sparse treatment is regrettable since Orthodoxy has a rather unique vantage point from which to understand the Turin Shroud and all of its pro and con arguments, Of course, it must be stated quite clearly here that the Orthodox Church has no official opinion or view of this relic, and any article written by an Orthodox --however well informed--simply carries the opinion of its author(s), which may or may not be shared with other Orthodox who have given thought to the subject. Some years ago Archbishop Antony of Western America and San Francisco (Russian Church Abroad) said, in response to a question about the Shroud, that many Orthodox Christians, including some prominent bishops and clergy, accept the authenticity of the Shroud, "but," he added, "since the Turin relic does not touch upon the dogmatic teachings of the Church, no 'official' view is possible. ...
• Seraphim had prepared a detailed outline of Orthodox arguments for and against the Shroud. ... Those wanting to simplify the task of learning about the Shroud, but interested in an honest overall look at the arguments, are referred especially to Ian Wilson's recent book, The Mysterious Shroud, and 'Dr, Heller's eminently readable report on the Shroud of Turin. It is hoped that the present article will stimulate a more serious and widespread interest in the Shroud, and will bring to light some new perspectives--particularly scholarly research--from Orthodox sources in other languages, on a subject which even the "New York Times" has conceded i s indeed "a wonder of our scientific age. ...

• John Paul the Great.
• John Paul the Great is a collection of essays by distinguished Catholic writers, each assessing, 25 years after he became Pope, some aspect of Karol Wojtyla's extraordinary achievement The book establishes clearly that this has been not merely an exceptional pontificate but one of a handful of epoch-making pontificates in Christian history. Further, that Pope John Paul II is not only an historical figure whose actions and personal qualities have effected one of the great turning points in human affairs but who is also one of those rare beings who possesses.
• the vision and intensity of focus that allow us to say not only that this exceptional pope, hut something much more that here, truly, is Joannes Paulus Magnus, John Paul the Great.
• Far from being a reactionary this has been a pope of startling originality and intellectual range, who has led and inaugurated change as well as defending the tradition of the Church. ...
• This could have been written of John Paul II.
• John Saward.
• Authors: John Paul II’s Teaching the Trinity, Thomas G. ...
• Priesthood in the Teaching of John Paul II, Philip Egan The Social Teaching of John Paul II,.
• Women in the Teaching of John Paul II, Michele M, Schumacher.
• Faith and Reason in the Teaching of John Paul II, Thomas G. ...
• The Ecumenical Teaching of John Paul II, David Carter.
• John Paul II reaches out - Interreligious Dialogue Michael L,. ...
• The Teaching of John Paul II on Our Lady, John Saward.
• The Wisdom of John Paul II A Summary.
• The Pontificate of John Paul II has seen a wealth of teaching on a scale never seen before. ...

• Encyclopedia: Shroud of Turin.
• A negative rendering of the shroud. () The Shroud of Turin is a centuries-old linen cloth with the image of an apparently crucified man. ...
• The shroud is kept in the royal chapel of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin. ...
• Reports of Jesus's burial shroud have been circulating since the early Middle Ages, but none have been substantiated, nor can any of the objects be identified as the modern Shroud of Turin. ...
• The first documented appearance of the cloth now stored in Turin was in 1357, when the widow of French knight Geoffroy de Charny had it displayed in a church in Lirey. Both coats of arms are to be seen in a pilgrim medallion (Museum Cluny, Paris) which shows accurately the Shroud of Turin. ...
• During these years, the Shroud was publicly exposed, even if not continuously, given that the bishop of Troyes prohibited this cult. ... But in the following month, antipope Clement VII prescribed indulgences for those who celebrated the Shroud, and the cult continued. ...
• In 1418, Humbert of Villersexel, Count de la Roche, Lord of Saint-Hippolyte-sur-Doubs, who had married the grand-daughter of Geoffroy de Charny, moved the Shroud to his castle at Montfort, officially to protect it from criminal bands. ...
• She travelled with the Shroud, for several expositions (like in Liege and in Geneva). ...
• In 1453 the widow sold it (for a castle in Varambon) to Ludwig Duke of Savoy, who stored it in the castle of Chambery (capital town of the Duchy), in a new-built Sainte-Chapelle, which pope Paul II soon after elevated to the dignity of collegiate church. ...
• In 1471 the Shroud was moved to Vercelli, and in the following years it was in Turin, Ivrea, Susa, Chambery, Avigliano, Rivoli, and Pinerolo. ...
• The folded shroud was damaged by a drop of molten silver from the reliquary it was stored in, and by water used to douse the fire. ...
• The shroud was moved in 1578 to Turin, where it remains today. ...
• In 1988, a sliver was cut from the shroud for analysis. ...

• The most famous material find, which many Christians, at least, believe has a connection with Jesus, is the shroud of Turin, a linen fragment measuring 4. ... It was been preserved in the royal chapel of the Cathedral of San Giovanni Battista in Turin since 1578. ...
• The first photograph of the shroud of Turin was taken in 1898 by an amateur photographer, who said he found on it the image of a person with wounds in his hands and feet. ... Yehoshua Schwartz, an expert on early Christianity and dean of the Faculty of Jewish Studies at Bar-Ilan University, says that the process by which the shroud of Turin came to be sanctified bears a resemblance to a similar tradition, according to which a woman called Veronica wiped the face of Jesus as he carried the cross on the Via Dolorosa, and that his image remained on the cloth she used. ...
• The dispute over the authenticity of the shroud of Turin engaged Christendom throughout the 20th century. ... Some people claim that very fuzzy letters that appear on the shroud of Turin are in fact Greek words stating, "The Nazarene condemned to be put to death. ...
• The Cardinal of Turin, among others, argued that the face imprinted on the cloth bears a striking resemblance to the description of Jesus in the New Testament. ...
• In the light of the dispute, an international institute to investigate the shroud of Turin was established; it created several international commissions of inquiry but has yet to reach a final conclusion on the subject. ...
• This has not stopped millions of believers from visiting Turin to view the cloth on the few occasions when it has been exhibited. On the other hand, even Pope John Paul II has been cautious about identifying the shroud of Turin with Jesus. He did kneel and pray in front of the cloth in the Turin cathedral, in 1998, but noted, in connection with the controversy, "Since it is not a matter of faith, the Church has no specific competence to pronounce on these questions. ...
• When Jesus was about 30, John the Baptist, a relative of Jesus, began to prophesy about the advent of the "kingdom of God" and the need to prepare for Judgment Day. Jesus, too, was baptized by John and began to preach the coming of the end of the world, the need to repent and the importance of moral behavior, to the point of self-abnegation at times ("turn the other cheek"). ...

• Dominican Sister Vincent de Paul Roberts, 93, on whom the popular musical Nunsense was based, dies.
• Ann Odre, 73, who was wounded during the 1981 shooting of Pope John Paul, dies in the United States.
• Pope John Paul honours five firefighters who carried the Shroud of Turin to safety from the burning Turin cathedral.
• Southern Cross columnist Fr Nicholas King SJ is appointed spiritual director of St John Vianney seminary in Pretoria.
• Iranian foreign minister Ali Akabar Velayati denies that Iran plotted to assassinate the pope.
• Pope John Paul receives an enthusiastic welcome during his 31-hour visit to Lebanon.
• The South African bishops meet Pope John Paul on their routine five-yearly ad limina visit to the pope and curia.
• Pope John Paul urges greater public awareness for those suffering from Parkinson’s disease, a condition he is rumoured to suffer from himself.
• Pope John Paul visits his native country, Poland, for 11 days.
• The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Buddhists, says in an interview that he has "a close understanding" with Pope John Paul. ...
• Fr John Brady, 91, founder of the Catholic History Bureau in Johannesburg, dies on August 9. ...
• Pope John Paul beatifies Frederic Ozanam, founder of the St Vincent de Paul Society.
• Bishop John Murphy, retired of Port Elizabeth, dies on September 18, shortly after celebrating his episcopal silver jubilee.
• Pope John Paul experiences his first rock concert, as singer Bob Dylan performs at Italy’s national eucharistic congress in Bologna.
• Normal procedures would apply in the investigation of Mother Teresa’s sainthood cause, Pope John Paul says.

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