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HOUSTON (OSV News) -- Entering a cavelike entrance, visitors at the National Museum of Funeral History in Houston confront a life-size statue lying in the tomb, a replica of the mans body image from the Shroud of Turin. Sculpted by Italian artist Luigi Enzo Mattei, the body shows some of the suffering endured but in a subdued manner. The dark, bronze-colored resin statue highlights a gaping hole in his side, in each of his wrists, his feet and other wounds. Across on a wall of the compact spac

"This exhibit is in keeping with the long history of honoring the Shroud of Christ as an important item of devotion among the Christian faithful."

Sculpted by Italian artist Luigi Enzo Mattei, the body shows some of the suffering endured but in a subdued manner