Vatican Insider: The spotlight is back on the Turin Shroud ahead of the next Ostension, which Pope Francis will be attending along with all the other pilgrims. The Shroud is considered one of the most important icons or relics of Jesus’ Passion. While the history of the cloth remains shrouded in mystery and lacks watertight testimonies that can vouch for its existence before the Medieval period, the formation of the image on the Shroud remains unexplainable: So far, no one has succeeded in producing a satisfactory replica of it. As Nello Balossino, a Professor at the University of Turin and an expert on the Shroud explained to Vatican Insider, the Shroud contains “three dimensional information” within it. Read more here.