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A picture shows "The Shroud of Turin" (top) on March 30, 2013 in the Turin cathedral. On Holy Saturday, the linen cloth imprinted with the faint brownish image of what appears to be a man’s body — and that skeptics dismiss as ancient forgery — will be shown live on the Italian state broadcaster RAI, 40 years after its first and only televised “ostentation,” as a public exposure of the shroud is known. On Good Friday, a Piedmont company, Haltadefinizione, introduced a new app, Shroud 2.0, which features images of the cloth along with scientific and theological interpretations prepared with the Diocese of Turin and the International Center of Sindonology. Sindonology is the scientific study of the shroud. AFP PHOTO POOL/ ALESSANDRO DI MARCO (Photo credit should read ALESSANDRO DI MARCO/AFP via Getty Images)