1st International Scientific Congress on the Holy Shroud in Panama
Arquidiócesis de Panamá

30 June 2012 - 1 July 2012
Panama City, Panama

Panama Conference Website (No longer available)

On June 30th and July 1st, 2012, the Arquidiócesis de Panamá sponsored the 1st International Scientific Congress on the Holy Shroud in Panama City, Panama. The unprecedented event resulted in an unprecedented turnout, with the large auditorium nearly full every day. The congress featured speakers from Italy, the USA and Panama, including such notable Shroud scholars as Professor Bruno Barberis, President of the International Center for the Study of the Shroud in Turin, Father Francisco Verar, noted Panamanian Shroud expert, Janice Bennett, author of "Sacred Blood, Sacred Image: The Sudarium of Oviedo" from the USA, Peter Soons, who created the first 3D holograms of the Shroud, from Panama and Barrie Schwortz from the USA. Below you will find a complete chronological listing of the speakers and their topics. We have also included links to some of the excellent papers that were presented and hope to add more in the future. In some cases, we have included the actual PowerPoint presentations shown by the speakers so you can see the images that went with the text of their papers.

Panama Congress

Saturday 30 June 2012
DAY ONE
First Session

• Opening of the Congress - by Monseñor José Domingo Ulloa - Arzobispo Metropolitano de Panamá
• Introduction - by Felipe Landau
• Theological and Spiritual Message of the Holy Shroud - by Father Francisco Verar (Panama)
• The History of the Holy Shroud - by Professor Bruno Barberis (Italy)
• Panel - Questions and Answers - Conclusions

Bruno Barberis

Second Session

• The 1988 Radiocarbon Dating of the Shroud of Turin and STURP - PowerPoint presentation by Barrie Schwortz (USA)
• 3D Investigations and New Discoveries on the Shroud of Turin - by Professor Peter Soons (Holland, Panama)
• Panel - Questions and Answers - Conclusions

Janice Bennett

Sunday 1 July 2012
DAY TWO
First Session

• Introduction - by Felipe Landau
• The Shroud of Turin Research Project 1978 Scientific Examination of the Shroud - PowerPoint presentation by Barrie Schwortz (USA)
• The Sudarium of Oviedo and its Relationship with the Shroud of Turin - Text and PowerPoint presentation (18MB) (En Espaņol) by Professor Janice Bennett (USA)
• Panel - Questions and Answers - Conclusions

Peter Soons

Second Session

• Mathematical Probabilities of the Shroud of Turin - by Professor Bruno Barberis (Italy)
• The Halo Around the Head of the Image of the Man on the Shroud Mandylion of Edessa - Is this the proof that the EDESSA Cloth (Tetradiplon, Mandylion) and the Shroud of Turin are Identical? - Text and PowerPoint presentation (11MB) by Professor Peter Soons (Holland, Panama)
• Panel - Questions and Answers - Conclusions
• Closing of the Congress - by Father Carlos Mejía.

Janice Bennett, Peter Soons, Dalys Soons, Barrie Schwortz and Bruno Barberis enjoying a VIP tour of the Panama Canal

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