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Shroud: the "glasses" are useless - A commercial initiative which is neither backed nor promoted by the Committee for the Shroud Exhibition - These days many newspapers have published the news according which special “glasses” are being sold to have a 3D-view of the details on the Shroud Linen. As far as we know, it is a merely commercial initiative, in no way either backed or promoted by the Committee for the Shroud Exhibition or by the Diocesan Committee, or supported by a scientific evidence. In order to let pilgrims have the best possible view of the Shroud, the organizing Committee and the Diocesan Committee have availed themselves of the advice of experts on lighting and of specialists in Shroud image, and that view cannot be improved by devices. So that item will not be available in bookshops and official outlets. Every marketing and advertisement of this item is a completely private initiative, which has no link to either the Turin Archdiocese or the Exhibition Committee, or is shared by them. (Shroud Exhibition Press Office, Turin, March 28, 2010)
The events linked to the Shroud Exhibition have been presented - 963,639 from Italy and 63.836 from abroad, among them, 12 from Burkina Faso, 8 from Arctic Lands, 497 from Argentina, 145 from Japan and 2605 from the Russian Federation: one million pilgrims have already booked their visit for the Solemn Shroud Exhibition, which is going to begin on April 10 in the Turin Cathedral and finish on May 23, but about two million pilgrims more are expected. (Zenit, Rome, February 17, 2010)