‘Jesus Christ’s Tunic’ to Go on Display Under Tight Security for Pope Visit
The relic will be shown in a specially made reliquary as 80,000 young people attend a prayer vigil focused on Christian unity.
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Carefully preserved at the basilica of Argenteuil, in the suburbs of Paris, the sacred garment with contested authenticity will be presented at Saint-Denis on September 25, when the Pope arrives in Paris.
On Friday, September 25th, the Holy Tunic of Argenteuil will exceptionally leave its Basilica of Val-d-Oise for the Stade de France. In front of 80,000 young people gathered in front of Leo XIV, this relic associated by tradition with the garment worn by Jesus during his Passion will be presented to veneration. For centuries, it has been resting in a reliquary of the Basilica of Saint-Denys d-Argenteuil. Dark red-brown, holed, incomplete, severa…
'Jesus Christ's Tunic' to Go on Display Under Tight Security for Pope Visit
A tunic that some Christians believe was worn by Jesus Christ at his crucifixtion, and is seldom seen in public, is set to be unfurled for Pope Leo XIV on Friday. The Holy Tunic of Christ will be presented to Pope Leo at the Stade de France, a stadium in the north of Paris, where a prayer vigil…
On the day of his arrival in France, Friday 25 October, Pope Leo will take part in a prayer vigil with the young people at the Stade de France. On this occasion, several relics, including Argenteuil's tunic, will be exhibited. A practice that leaves Protestants perplexed.
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