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Jesus: What Did He Truly Look Like?

Science Meets Spirituality: Using Technology to Uncover the Historical Jesus

Joseph Serwach
Catholic Way Home
4 min readJan 12, 2025

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AI technology using the Shroud of Turin, the work of St. Maria Kowalska Faustina, and scientific research to show Jesus Christ looks a lot like most people thought he looked. Decades of science studying the Shroud have taken us full circle in revealing that Christ created the first photographic and physical evidence of his resurrection. Two recent books and films dig deep in showing some of that evidence, The Shroud: Face to Face by Robert Orlando and Love and Mercy by Michal Kondrat.
Above: AI technology using the Shroud of Turin, the work of St. Maria Kowalska Faustina, and scientific research to show Jesus Christ looks a lot like most people thought he looked. Decades of science studying the Shroud have taken us full circle in revealing that Christ created the first photographic and physical evidence of his resurrection. Two recent books and films dig deep in showing some of that evidence, The Shroud: Face to Face by Robert Orlando and Love and Mercy by Michal Kondrat. Images via Wikimedia Commons.

Seeing the face of Jesus on TV, videos, podcasts, and social media?

Mel Gibson and Joe Rogan are talking about it. Was Christ responsible for history’s first photographic image, solid evidence of his appearance?

Why now? What’s going on?

Science, AI, the Shroud of Turin, and St. Faustina are all aligning to show the real face of Jesus Christ. Here is the latest:

1. The science and AI

Year after year, new research supports the belief that the Shroud of Turin is genuine physical evidence of Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection.

Old attempts to discredit the Shroud are now debunked.

AI, factoring in this evidence, is increasingly being used to develop new images of him. Traditional paintings of him are so enduring because they all refer to the original image burned into the Shroud by a burst of supernatural…

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Joseph Serwach
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