Abanye abantu abazizigidi ezibini kulindeleke ukuba bajonge isigqubuthelo saseTurin, ilaphu lokungcwaba likaYesu Kristu, xa liqala ukuboniswa esidlangalaleni okokuqala kwiminyaka elishumi kungekudala, amagosa athi.
"Sele sifikelele kwisigidi" abantu abagcine ithuba labo lokujonga i-relic kwisixeko esikumantla e-Italiya ukusuka nge-10 ka-Epreli ukuya kwi-23 kaMeyi, u-alderman waseTurin uFiorenzo Alfieri uxelele inkomfa yeendaba namhlanje.
Abaququzeleli bathe kwingxelo yokuba abantu abazizigidi ezibini kulindeleke ukuba babukele le ntsalela, ekuthiwe ibhalwe umfanekiso womzimba kaKristu, ngakumbi ubuso bakhe.
Iphakathi kwezona zihlonelwayo kwanezona ziphikisana kakhulu kwiNgqobhoko.
Uhlalutyo lokuthandana kweRadiocarbon ngo-1988 lwafumanisa ukuba iintsinga ezikwilaphu zisusela kumaXesha Aphakathi, ngaxesha lithile phakathi kwe-1260 kunye ne-1390, kodwa ezo ziphumo ziye zacelwa umngeni.
UPopu uBenedict XVI uza kunika imbeko kwi-shiroud ngomhla we-2 kuMeyi.
IShroud yaseTurin yagqibela ukuboniswa esidlangalaleni ngowama-2000 ngeCawa yamaRoma Katolika yoSuku Lwehlabathi Lolutsha Lolutsha, olwaqhutywa ngaloo nyaka eRome.
UBenedict uthe utyelelo lwakhe “lithuba elihle lokucamngca ngalo mbono umangalisayo uthetha ngokuzolileyo neentliziyo zabantu, ubamema ukuba baqonde ubuso bukaThixo.”
Ilaphu elinguxande elinobude obusisi-4.4 no-1.1 leemitha lafunyanwa kwisixeko saseFransi iTroyes, kumzantsi-mpuma weParis, phakathi kwinkulungwane ye-14.
