New Digital Project Allows the Shroud of Turin to Be Examined Online

Gaetano Masciullo : Jan 13, 2026
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For those interested in the Shroud of Turin, it's a great opportunity to explore the cloth online, along with explanations of what the viewer is seeing.

(Vatican City) — [LifeSiteNews.com] Pope Leo XIV accessed for the first time "Avvolti," a new digital project that allows the image of the Shroud of Turin to be deeply explored online. (Screengrab image: via Avvolti)

On January 9, during an audience held in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, Cardinal Roberto Repole, Archbishop of Turin and Pontifical Custodian of the Shroud, presented Pope Leo XIV with"Avvolti," a digital initiativecreated by the Archdiocese of Turin for the jubilee that enables users to view and explore the image of the Shroud of Turin from any electronic device.

"Too often, we mistake optimism for hope," the cardinal remarked. "True hope emerges in the darkest moments, when all seems lost, yet faith endures. The Shroud, in this sense, is not merely an image of suffering but a trace of the Resurrection – a testament to the possibility of divine intervention," said Repole during the project's unveiling back in March 2025.

"Avvolti" is described by its promoters as an unprecedented digital experience. Through the website, users can access the project using smartphones, tablets, or computers from anywhere in the world. The platform allows viewers to move across the full image of the Shroud and to zoom in on specific details, such as the face analysis or the wounds from the flagellation, the crown of thorns, and the nails.

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Each section is accompanied by explanatory texts and references to passages from the Gospels that describe the Passion of Jesus. The project has been designed, according to the Archdiocese of Turin, to combine scientific rigor in its images and texts with a format that is accessible to non-specialists, with the explicit aim of reaching a broad international public rather than a purely academic audience... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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