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11.22.05 Catholic Church
Virgin Mary Statue Weeps Tears Of Blood
Tears Of Blood Called Miracle By Catholic
Faithful
POSTED: 3:05 pm EST November 22, 2005
UPDATED: 3:19 pm EST November 22, 2005
Mysterious tears of blood that have appeared on
a statue of the Virgin Mary at a church in
California are being called a miracle by
Catholic faithful, according to a Local 6 News
report.
Hundreds of people have gathered at a small
Vietnamese church in Sacramento after reports
circulated that the statue was crying tears of
blood. |
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Local 6 News showed video of apparent tears of
blood streaming down the face of the statue at
the Catholic Martyrs Church.
Church officials have contacted the Catholic
Diocese in hopes an investigation will be
launched.
Many at the church are so certain the tears are
real, they were seen crying themselves.
Ky Truong, who does maintenance at the church,
said he saw the tears rolling down the statue
Sunday.
Officials at the church said they have tried to
wipe away the liquid but they continue to
return, according to the report.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story. |
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Believers
flock to see statue ‘weep’ blood tears
Is it a miracle or fraud? Crowds converge on
church in Sacramento, Calif., to witness Virgin
Mary figure. NBC News correspondent James
Hattori reports
Updated: 10:12 a.m.
ET Nov. 28, 2005
James Hattori
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Sacramento, Calif. -
As Christmas approaches, devout believers are
being drawn to a church in Sacramento, Calif.,
where a statue of the Virgin Mary appears to be
crying blood. NBC News correspondent James
Hattori reports.
We've all seen or heard about these kinds of
things before. Something appears to be dripping
from the left eye of a statue of the Virgin Mary
outside the Vietnamese Catholic Martyrs Church
in Sacramento, Calif. It's either a pretty
convincing hoax, some explainable physical
phenomenon or, as some here believe, a miracle.
They're coming by the hundreds to see the
weeping Mary. Crowds of believers with cameras,
flowers and candles, many praying for blessings,
like Bao and Amber Tran, who brought their new
son.
"The baby is just a week old. We thought we
would come out and pray to Mary and … have Mary
bless the baby too," says Amber.
Others are visibly shaken by the image —
considered by many a sign that something bad
will happen. "I believe," says Noc Lee.
A priest first noticed staining on the statue
about a week ago. Church members say it streamed
all the way down to the foundation. They say
most of it was smudged off by souvenir hunters
and washed-away by recent rains.
Neighbor Carmen Moreno, says, "And today I came
and she is crying again. I don’t know what to
say about that."
There have been thousands of similar religious
sightings, from the one found in a Chicago
railway underpass to an image of Mary on a piece
of toast auctioned on eBay.
"Our experience shows that most of these have a
natural explanation. But in some cases there's
fraud," says Ole Anthony or the Trinity
Foundation.
And while some say people shouldn't need
bleeding statues to validate their beliefs,
others say it can't hurt.
"I don't know. It could be a miracle. But it's a
miracle just seeing people praying, you know?
The faith of the people is something else," says
Margaret Herbert, a former diocese teacher.
Everyone sees, perhaps, what they want to see.
As for local church officials, they could not be
reached for comment. But we've been told the
pastor of the church has taken a sample of the
supposed blood for testing. |
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