Holy Face of Jesus - Vatican Approval

Vatican Approval



Holy Face of Jesus


People
Marie of St Peter • Leo Dupont • Thérèse of Lisieux • Maria Pierina • Maria Pia Mastena • Gaetano Catanoso

Prayers & Sacramentals
Golden Arrow • Little Sachet • Scapular of the Holy Face

Organizations
Sisters of Reparation • Sisters of the Holy Face • Oratory of the Holy Face

The first medal of the Holy Face was offered to Pope Pius XII who approved the devotion and the medal. In 1958, he formally declared the Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus as Shrove Tuesday (the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday) for all Roman Catholics.

On the occasion of the 100th year of Secondo Pia's (May 28, 1898) first photograph of the Shroud of Turin, on Sunday May 24, 1998 Pope John Paul II visited the Turin Cathedral. In his address on that day, he said:

"the Shroud is an image of God's love as well as of human sin"
"it is an icon of the suffering of the innocent in every age."

The Holy Face devotion and the Holy Face Medal have now spread among Roman Catholics worldwide, with organizations such as the Holy Face Association.

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