Veronica's Veil

I am currently reading a truly fascinating book by Paul Badde, a well-known journalist and historian in Europe, called The Face of God: The Rediscovery of the True Face of Jesus. From the publisher:

In The Face of God: The Rediscovery of the True Face of Jesus, Paul Badde reports in tantalizing detail on his exciting quest to discover the truth behind a rare cloth, housed in small church in the remote village of Manoppello, Italy. Better known as the Holy Face of Manoppello, this is a relic recently rediscovered and rumored to be "Veronica's Veil" — a cloth used to wipe the face of Jesus as he carried his cross on the way to Golgotha and His crucifixion.

Badde's research and reports on the Holy Face of Manoppello prompted a 2006 visit to the relic by Pope Benedict XVI — in spite of counsel against it by others in the Vatican. He compiles and expands on those dispatches in The Face of God.

One of the many (and I mean many) impossible to ignore revelations from Badde's research is that the image from the veil of Manoppello and the image from the Shroud of Turin match exactly. The book is well worth the attention of Catholics as we approach Lent.