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What is behind belief in weeping Virgin Mary statues

  • Written by Mathew Schmalz, Associate Professor of Religion, College of the Holy Cross
In 2014, in, a small town in northern Israel, Christian worshippers gathered next to a statue of the Virgin Mary, that they said 'weeps' oil.AP Photo/Ariel Schalit

In a Catholic parish in Hobbs, New Mexico, a statue of the Virgin Mary has been “weeping.”

Onlookers have gathered out of curiosity, and also for prayer and healing. The...

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