2010 Shroud Public Exhibition Opens in Italy

The 2010 Holy Shroud public viewing exhibit is set to open tomorrow April 10th in Turin, Italy. We broke that news in the pressroom last December that Pope Benedict XVI recently granted the request of the Archbishop of Turin to move the exhibition date up from 2025. The exhibition's primary purpose will be to focus on pastoral issues and give pilgrims their first opportunity to view the Shroud since the controversial 'restoration' of 2002 that altered the cloth's appearance considerably. While no one who arrives at the exhibition is expected to be turned away, reservations are recommended for prompt entry. For more event information please visit The 2010 Shroud Exhibition Reservation System on the Archdiocese of Turin website. A comprehensive overview of the history of this artifact cloth can be found on the Janson Media DVD Shroud, which is available now worldwide.

There is evidence that the Holy Shroud, venerated in France as early as 1350, is the same Shroud we see today preserved in Turin, Italy. Shroud takes the historical high ground as it presents the places, the written evidence, the changes of ownership, the various expositions and the first 1898 photograph that changed everything - into the realm of modern science and to worldwide attention for the very first time. This film is the most authentic and definitive program yet produced on the Holy Shroud.

The DVD features a one-hour documentary film, The Man of Pain, which was the Official Documentary of the 1998 Holy Shroud Exposition Committee and was granted the right to use the Vatican"s Jubilee 2000 logo. It is the only documentary presented in High Definition (HDTV) footage of the private exposition which took place on June 25, 1997 - and the only documentary to be filmed since the fire that badly damaged Guarini"s Chapel. Extra features include The 1998 Restoration History, The 2002 Restoration History, Iconographic Routes, Backstage at the Filming, Extra Interviews, An Interactive Map of Shroud History, and the short films, The Guarini Chapel and The Face of Christ.