article_snippet.sent: Whether you believe or don't believe, there is no doubt it is something special,' said an Italian man who was among the first visitors following the opening mass in the Italian city of Turin.
article_snippet.sent: But The Church does value the relic's symbolic value as a powerful representation of Jesus Christ's suffering. '
article_snippet.sent: It is not a profession of faith because it is not an object of faith, nor of devotion, but it can help faith,' Turin Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia said earlier this week.
article_snippet.sent: Pope Francis decreed the latest exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of St John Bosco, a 19th century monk who devoted Pope Francis life to the education of poor children in newly-industrialised Turin.
article_snippet.sent: Francis, who has family roots in the region, is due to visit the city and the latest exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of St John Bosco, a 19th century monk who devoted his life to the education of poor children in newly-industrialised Turin on June 20-21.