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04 April 2020The absolute news of the Shroud's veneration, on Easter Saturday, will be the direct social media. The sheet that according to tradition has wrapped the body of Jesus in the sepulcher, will remain in the display case in which it is normally kept, but can be contemplated by the whole world. The platforms that make the live broadcast available will in fact reach the entire planet.

The archbishop of Turin Monsignor Cesare Nosiglia announces in a short video conference the extraordinary veneration of the Shroud. "Holy Saturday, in the afternoon from 5 pm onwards, I will preside over a long prayer before the Shroud, a time of contemplation that will make the Sacred Cloth available to everyone throughout the world". The archbishop of Turin, speaking from the chapel of the Archbishopric, revealed that he received "thousands and thousands of messages from the elderly, young, adults, healthy, sick people to ask me that during the time of serious difficulty we are going through we can pray during this week Saint before the Shroud, to ask the dead and risen Christ for the grace to overcome evil, as he did on his Cross, trusting in the goodness and mercy of God ". "I gladly accepted the request and thanks to TV and social networks - added Msgr. - this time of contemplation will make the image of the Holy Cloth available to the whole world. The stronger the love, this is the Easter announcement that the Shroud brings us to life and that fills our hearts with gratitude and faith ", added the archbishop of Turin.