A Doctor at Calvary
What the Gospels don't reveal about Christ's sufferings, science does.
Pope Pius XII listened to the medical explanation of Christ's sufferings on the Cross and went pale with grief: "We did not know; no one ever told us that." What so moved the Pope were the results of a renowned surgeon's unprecedented research into the physical sufferings of Our Lord, about which the Gospels reveal only the barest essentials. Collecting his findings in this mind-opening book, Dr. Pierre Barbet relied heavily on his close analysis of the Holy Shroud of Turin to re-create every stage of the Passion with heart-rending precision and detail.