ABSTRACT
Even though the Vatican has not allowed scholars to take new
physical samples of the Shroud since 1988, several scientists around
the world continue to carry out research on the most important
relic of Christianity, even basing their studies on the official samples
taken in 1978. Some might say that these samples are obsolete,
but since they are preserved in appropriate containers and isolated
from the external environment, in many cases they are still very
useful, especially for research at the microscopic level. Proof of this
comes frommembers of the Shroud Science Group, which organized
another conference on the Shroud in the U.S. in 2014, following the
one held in Dallas in 2005.
