The Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth that bears the bloodstained image of a man who has been tortured and crucified. It is also the most studied archeological object in history. Is it a forgery? Or the natural effect of a supernatural event? And what does it matter?

Father Andrew Dalton, professor at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome and Shroud expert, offers a public defense of the Shroud’s authenticity on historical and scientific grounds.