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<\/a>THE VATICAN \u2013 The hosts of long-running TV series Antiques Roadshow from the United States, UK, and Canada teamed up at the request of Pope Francis and have determined that the Shroud of Turin was without a doubt Jesus Christ\u2019s funereal blanket.<\/p>\nAfter hours of examining the tattered 8 cubits by 2 cubits piece of blood-stained linen, Mark Walberg (PBS), Fiona Bruce (BBC), and Valerie Pringle (CBC and heiress to the Pringle Chips empire) announced that the Shroud is legitimate and \u201ccould fetch upwards of $200 million (BPS 131, $204 CDN).\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA bit eggy waffing when the Swiss Guards first opened the case. Manky smell that,\u201d said Bruce, former host of Who Can Tap Dance Great Britain? and author of Snogging Through the Ages. \u201cTattered toshy hank of blankie really but it snuggied the Son Of Him I figure.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah. What she said,\u201d said PBS host Mark Walberg.<\/p>\n
The trio of television hosts was flown to Turin by the Vatican and spent most of an afternoon at The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist before emerging to speak to media gathered in the apse.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve all seen lots of fakes with pretty good nail wounds, and that spear wound to the chest,\u201d said Walberg, no relation to actor and former underwear model Mark Wahlberg. \u201cBut this one had little bits of flax right in the cloth and they did use flax in everything around the Year Zero. You cannot fake flax.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Catholic Church has never endorsed nor rejected the legitimacy of the Shroud but issued a statement immediately upon the findings being released.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Catholic Church blesses this holy Shroud as the burial wrap of our Lord Jesus Christ,\u201d read the Papal Release \u201cThis is a miracle from our Father and the Shroud will begin a world tour with Catholic singer Nana Mouskouri backed up by the Pat Boone Band, on the orders of Pope Emeritus Benedict.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 14\u20193\u2033 by 3\u20197\u2033 (4.4m X 1.1M) bolt of eggshell cloth bears the image of a white man who appears to have suffered wounds one might get from being crucified. Computer enhancements have shown the image to be that of a bearded man with shoulder-length streaked blonde hair. He is estimated to have stood 3.5 cubits (6\u20192\u2033, 1.88m) with a muscular build and long-haired chest moles.<\/p>\n
American reality TV show Pawn Stars was also asked by the Vatican to examine the Shroud but declined, saying their participation could put the legitimacy of the research in doubt.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it was in mint condition, I\u2019d have been interested,\u201d said Richard \u201cOld Man\u201d Harrison, star of the History Channel\u2019s Pawn Stars. \u201cBut it\u2019d be hard for us to sell when you can get a pretty realistic Shroud knock-off printed on a beach towel for around $99 with free overnight FedEx delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n
By Father Guido Sarducci, Reporting for The Vatican Enquirer<\/p>\n Source: Thelapine.ca THE VATICAN \u2013 The hosts of long-running TV series Antiques Roadshow from the United States, UK, and Canada teamed up at the request of Pope Francis and have determined that the Shroud of Turin was without a doubt Jesus Christ\u2019s funereal blanket. After hours of examining the tattered 8 cubits by 2 cubits piece of […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[203],"adace-sponsor":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/vaticanenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/article-shroud-of-turin.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vaticanenquirer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vaticanenquirer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vaticanenquirer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vaticanenquirer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vaticanenquirer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/vaticanenquirer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1113,"href":"http:\/\/vaticanenquirer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions\/1113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vaticanenquirer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vaticanenquirer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vaticanenquirer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vaticanenquirer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vaticanenquirer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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