From the RationalWiki article:
Of course he did. The church has been holding onto the damn thing for centuries, you think they're just going to admit that it's a huge fake?
Quote:Despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Pope Benedict XVI declared it "the authentic burial robe" of Christ.[1] It is unknown whether this declaration was made while casting +2 Papal infallibility.
Of course he did. The church has been holding onto the damn thing for centuries, you think they're just going to admit that it's a huge fake?
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.