Shroud of Turin 'mirrors' human suffering: pope

by Gina Doggett

TURIN, Italy (AFP) – Throngs of pilgrims filled Turin's Piazza San
Carlo on Sunday as Pope Benedict XVI celebrated mass before visiting the Shroud of Turin, believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ.

"The Holy Shroud eloquently reminds us always" of Jesus' suffering, the pope said in his homily of one of the most revered objects in Christendom and also one of the most disputed.

The mysterious linen, which shows a man's body and face many believe to be of Jesus, "mirrors our suffering in the suffering of Christ," said the pontiff near the cathedral housing the shroud.

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