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Hitler ‘wanted to steal’ Turin Shroud

The Turin Shroud, said to be the burial cloth of Christ, was secretly hidden in a Benedictine abbey during the Second World War because the Vatican feared that Adolf Hitler wanted to steal it. The Telegraph, Nick Squires: Rome. April 6, 2010. The shroud was transferred for its safety to the Benedictine sanctuary of Montevergine… Read More ›