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This is the first instalment of my Shroud of Turin News from September-December 2024. I had fallen more than a year behind in posting my News, but I hope to catch up in 2026. On 15 January I started writing my "Open letter to Nature" (see 15Dece25). I will post it here first and then I will email and airmail it as a Word document to the Editor of Nature. But I doubt that Nature will publish it, even though I will make every effort to comply with Nature's guidelines for publication. Articles will be in reverse date order (most recent uppermost). My comments will be within [bold square brackets] to distinguish them from the articles' words.
"A Shroud for Our Skeptical Times," National Catholic Register, Editorial, 6 September 2024. Did Jesus already know that 21st-century technology would be the only way to confirm his resurrected reality to an increasingly irreligious society?[RTB].
[Above (enlarge): Close-up of the Shroud of Turin. [Article The man's yellow `moustache' is actually an x-ray of his teeth! See 20Apr17. The man's body framed by burns from the 1532 fire will coincidentally illustrate a point I will make in the future below.]
Reports about recent scientific findings that appear to support the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin garnered widespread coverage in secular media outlets last month[RTB].
To be continued in the second instalment of this post.
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Bibliography
RTB. Reference(s) to be provided.
Posted 20 January 2026. Updated 20 January 2026.