Turin shroud sings a timely ode

That is the case even for those who do not believe its religious provenance.

There ought to be a 17-letter German word that means “The unique joy of watching a sports match, in which you have no horse in the game.” The same goes for faith, I thought, as I sat on a bench pondering a Shroud of Turin replica in Washington’s Museum of the Bible exhibit “Mystery and Faith” (through July 31).

The enormity of the reproduced object washe…