Vatican City, 25 March 2015 (VIS) –
This morning a press conference was held in the Holy See Press Office
to present the upcoming exhibition of the Holy Shroud of Turin
(Turin, 19 April – 24 June 2015), on the occasion of the second
centenary of the birth of St. John Bosco, which will be specially
dedicated to the young and to those who suffer. The Pope will also
make a pilgrimage to Turin from 21 to 22 June.
The speakers at the conference were the
archbishop of Turin, Cesare Nosaglia, papal guardian of the Shroud;
Elide Tisi, mayor of the city; Roberto Gottardo, president of the
diocesan commission for the Shroud; and Rev. Luca Ramello, director
of youth pastoral ministry for the diocese.
Archbishop Nosaglia explained that the
Shroud represents, for the Universal Church, a point of reference of
the first order for the life of the faith of many people and
communities, who in this image recognise the signs of the Lord's
passion, of Jesus who “inspires our lives and challenges us to
fully realise our deepest vocation. Therefore”, he added “the
theme I have chosen for the next exhibition is 'The Greatest Love':
the gift of salvation which is made visible in our response, the
worship of God and service to our brothers”.
“The Pope's trip, like the exhibition
as a whole, is also intended to give thanks for 'the Saint of youth',
and for the service that the Salesian family carries out in Turin and
throughout the world in the fields of education, mission, sport and
communication. … The world of youth is particularly involved in the
Salesian mission, and during the Pope's visit there will be a sort of
mini Youth Day, a series of meetings, encounters, prayer, moments of
celebration that help resume contact with the young. An extraordinary
sign will be the presence of the Word Youth Day Cross, which will
make a stop in Turin during its journey to Krakow”.
Another peculiarity of this exhibition
is attention to the world of those who suffer, and therefore this
year sick or disabled pilgrims and those who accompany them will be
able to benefit from new hospitality structures based on the model of
the “Accueil” in Lourdes. It is also hoped that the Pilgrimage to
the Shroud will offer an opportunity to partake in the sacrament of
Reconciliation, as a “concrete sign of forgiveness” and, as on
previous occasions, “in various places priests will hear the
confessions of the faithful in all the world's major languages”.
The prelate emphasised that the 2015
exhibition has been organised according to the criterion of
austerity, in a period of severe economic and social crisis
throughout the area, and he thanked those entities that have offered
their cooperation to help limit costs as far as possible. He also
announced that during the display of the Shroud, Beato Angelico's
celebrated “Lamentation over the Dead Christ” will be exhibited
in the diocesan museum, on loan for the occasion from the city of
Florence.
“As you are aware, visiting the
Shroud is completely free. Traditionally many pilgrims at the leave a
simple offering at the end of their journey, deposited with full
discretion at the exit of the Cathedral and in the places of
confession. On this occasion all the offerings will be given to the
Pope when he is with us in Turin on 21 June. We will ask him to use
them, naturally with full freedom, for a work, or a project to assist
the poorest or neediest”.
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