On the heels of an onslaught of sex scandals which represent the tip of a very big iceberg dating back hundreds of years - and in which he himself has been implicated - Pope Benedict XVI has changed the subject by making yet another extraordinary claim without any credible, scientific evidence, by asserting that the famed Shroud of Turin is indeed "real." However, over the past several centuries since the Shroud's sudden emergence into history the valid scientific evidence has repeatedly demonstrated the shroud to be a fake.
Pope further damages Church reputation with Shroud claim
