The Shroud of Turin is displayed during the first day of its exhibition in the Cathedral of Turin April 10, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI will be in Turin to pay homage to the Shroud on May 2. The Shroud was put on display on Saturday for public viewing for the first time in ten years.
Cardinal Severino Poletto, center, leads a Mass on the opening day of the public display of the Shroud of Turin, seen in the background, inside Turin's Cathedral, Italy, Saturday, April 10, 2010. The Shroud of Turin went on public display Saturday for the first time in 10 years, drawing long lines of people to see the linen some hold to be Christ's burial cloth and others dismiss as a medieval fake. Turin Cardinal Poletto led the opening ceremony in Turin's cathedral. He referred to the debate over the shroud's authenticity, saying it was 'not up to the church but for science to decide.''