According to a recent interview with the library director of a Benedictine abbey in Avellino, Fr. Cardin, the Shroud of Turin was secretly transferred there in 1939 for protection because Hitler was reportedly "obsessed" with the sacred relic and wanted to steal it. Fr. Cardin indicated that that transfer was "Officially...to protect it from possible bombing (in Turin). In reality, it was moved to hide it from Hitler who was apparently obsessed by it. When he visited Italy in 1938, top-ranking Nazi aides asked unusual and insistent questions about the Shroud."
He also indicates that German troops almost discovered the concealed relic, but were thwarted by monks "pretending to be in deep prayer before the altar, inside which the relic was hidden." The Shroud - believed to be Christ's actual burial cloth - has survived various perils in its long history and still defies scientific explanation. Starting this weekend, it will be on public display in Turin for 6 weeks. Pope Benedict is scheduled to view the sacred relic on 5/2/10.
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