Turin

TURIN, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI all but gave an outright endorsement of the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin on Sunday, calling the cloth that some believe is Christ's burial shroud an icon "written with the blood" of a crucified man.

TURIN - Pope Benedict XVI arrived Sunday in Turin to visit a controversial Catholic relic - a cloth some say is the one used to wrap Jesus' body for burial and others dismiss as a medieval forgery.

TURIN, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI took a break Sunday from dealing with the clerical sex abuse scandal to pray before the Shroud of Turin, the linen with an image of a crucified man on it that some believe is Christ's burial cloth and others dismiss as a medieval fake.

ROME - The Shroud sells. That seems to be the early take on how major celebrations are shaping up in the Olympic city of Turin when the archdiocese this spring displays the Shroud of Turin, revered by many Christians as Jesus Christ's burial cloth but described by some as a medieval forgery.