One of them, as we saw at Pope Francis's death, was the covering of his face with a little white silk cloth (a white veil) by the current Papal Master of Ceremonies.

Steve Crown could not contain his joy after he opened his wife's veil to see her face. He became instantly dramatic after seeing her and stated that she was the one.

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The 6th-century apocryphal book Acts of Pilate speaks of a woman, known as Veronica, who wiped Christ’s face with a veil as he made his way to Golgatha to be executed. Sign up for our Christian ...