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From Shroud to skiing, faith works at Games

By Jim Caple
ESPN.com

Friday, February 10, 2006

TORINO, Italy -- You can't see this city's most famous treasure. Not only is the Shroud publicly displayed only a few times per century (the next scheduled showing is in 2025 -- make your reservations now) but the church in which it's housed is also off-limits because of a fire more than eight years ago. There also is considerable doubt the Shroud could possibly be the burial cloth of Jesus because it is not stamped with an official IOC five-ring hologram of authenticity. You just have to ...

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