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Shroud of Turin Replica on Display [Photos]

A Pennsylvania church recently hosted a display of a Vatican-authorized replica of the Shroud of Turin.

A replica of the Shroud of Turin—believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus—was displayed recently at St. Michael's Ukranian Catholic Church in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County.

St. Michael's is the oldest Greek Catholic or Eastern Rite church in America.

The replica is one of nine such reproductions authorized by the Vatican. Visitors were able to touch the cloth replica.

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The Shroud of Turin is a centuries-old linen cloth that bears the image of a crucified man.

Pope Benedict, in one of his last official acts before stepping, authorized a television showing of the actual Shroud on March 30 (Holy Saturday) for about one hour.

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