Pope Benedict XVI has viewed the Turin shroud - the cloth in which, according to many believers, Christ was buried.
"The Holy Shroud eloquently reminds us of Jesus' suffering", he said in Turin.
The pontiff spent several minutes praying before the shroud, although in line with papal tradition he did not touch on the authenticity of the cloth
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