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href="/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9_Esteban_Murillo" title="Bartolomé Esteban Murillo">Bartolomé Esteban Murillo</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1675</span>)</span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background-color:gold;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Overview</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marian_devotions" title="Marian devotions">Prayers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_antiphons" class="mw-redirect" title="Marian antiphons">Antiphons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titles_of_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Titles of Mary">Titles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hymns_to_Mary" title="Hymns to Mary">Hymns to Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_devotions" title="Marian devotions">Devotional practices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariology_of_the_saints" title="Mariology of the saints">Saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Marian_movements_and_societies" title="Catholic Marian movements and societies">Societies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consecration_and_entrustment_to_Mary" title="Consecration and entrustment to Mary">Consecrations and entrustments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veneration_of_Mary_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church">Veneration</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background-color:gold;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Titles_of_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Titles of Mary">Titles of Mary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos"><i>Theotokos</i> (Mother of God)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediatrix" title="Mediatrix">Mediatrix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mother_of_the_Church" title="Mother of the Church">Mother of the Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Good_Counsel" title="Our Lady of Good Counsel">Our Lady of Good Counsel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Mount_Carmel" title="Our Lady of Mount Carmel">Our Lady of Mount Carmel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Sorrows" title="Our Lady of Sorrows">Our Lady of Sorrows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Victory" class="mw-redirect" title="Our Lady of Victory">Our Lady of Victory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady,_Star_of_the_Sea" title="Our Lady, Star of the Sea">Our Lady, Star of the Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_of_Heaven" title="Queen of Heaven">Queen of Heaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_of_Peace" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen of Peace">Queen of Peace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Most_Holy_Virgin_Mary,_Queen_of_Poland" title="The Most 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title="Flos Carmeli">Flos Carmeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hail_Mary" title="Hail Mary">Hail Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hail_Mary_of_Gold" title="Hail Mary of Gold">Hail Mary of Gold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immaculata_prayer" title="Immaculata prayer">Immaculata prayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnificat" title="Magnificat">Magnificat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_Mother_of_Grace" title="Mary, Mother of Grace">Mary, Mother of Grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorare" title="Memorare">Memorare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sub_tuum_praesidium" title="Sub tuum praesidium">Sub tuum praesidium</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Template"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Symbol_template_class_pink.svg/20px-Symbol_template_class_pink.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Rosary" title="Rosary">Rosary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Joys_of_the_Virgin" title="Seven Joys of the Virgin">Seven Joys of the Virgin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Sorrows#Seven_Sorrows_of_Mary" title="Our Lady of Sorrows">Seven Sorrows of Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Hail_Marys" title="Three Hail Marys">Three Hail Marys</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background-color:gold;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Marian_movements_and_societies" title="Catholic Marian movements and societies">Movements and societies</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sodality_of_Our_Lady" title="Sodality of Our Lady">Sodality of Our Lady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregation_of_Marian_Fathers_of_the_Immaculate_Conception" title="Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception">Congregation of Marian Fathers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Company_of_Mary" title="Company of Mary">Company of Mary (Montfort)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_of_Mary_(Marianists)" title="Society of Mary (Marianists)">Marianists (Society of Mary)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_of_Mary_(Marists)" title="Society of Mary (Marists)">Marist Fathers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marist_Brothers" title="Marist Brothers">Marist Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schoenstatt_Apostolic_Movement" title="Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement">Schoenstatt Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Mary" title="Legion of Mary">Legion of Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Army_of_Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima" title="Blue Army of Our Lady of Fátima">World Apostolate of Fátima</a> <a href="/wiki/Blue_Army_of_Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima" title="Blue Army of Our Lady of Fátima">(Blue Army)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariological_Society_of_America" title="Mariological Society of America">Mariological Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady%27s_Rosary_Makers" title="Our Lady's Rosary Makers">Our Lady's Rosary Makers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Movement_of_Priests" title="Marian Movement of Priests">Marian Movement of Priests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatima_Family_Apostolate" title="Fatima Family Apostolate">Fatima Family Apostolate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_of_Angels_Foundation" title="Queen of Angels Foundation">Queen of Angels Foundation</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background-color:gold;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Marian_apparitions" title="List of Marian apparitions">Apparitions</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <dl><dd><small><a href="/wiki/List_of_Marian_apparitions#Approved,_with_widespread_liturgical_veneration_endorsed_by_the_Holy_See" title="List of Marian apparitions">Approved, with widespread liturgical<br />veneration endorsed by the Holy See</a>:</small></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima" title="Our Lady of Fátima">Fátima</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Three_Secrets_of_F%C3%A1tima" title="Three Secrets of Fátima">Three Secrets of Fátima</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe" title="Our Lady of Guadalupe">Guadalupe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knock_Shrine" title="Knock Shrine">Knock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_La_Salette" title="Our Lady of La Salette">La Salette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Lourdes" title="Our Lady of Lourdes">Lourdes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miraculous_Medal" title="Miraculous Medal">Miraculous Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Walsingham" title="Our Lady of Walsingham">Walsingham</a> <ul><li><a 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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nativity_of_Mary" title="Nativity of Mary">Nativity</a> (8 September)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Most_Holy_Name_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary" title="Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary">Holy Name</a> (12 September)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Presentation_of_Mary" title="Presentation of Mary">Presentation</a> (21 November)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Feast_of_the_Immaculate_Conception" title="Feast of the Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a> (8 December)</span></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below"> <span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:046CupolaSPietro.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/046CupolaSPietro.jpg/17px-046CupolaSPietro.jpg" decoding="async" width="17" height="13" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Template talk:Catholic Mariology sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Catholic_Mariology_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Catholic Mariology sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>weeping statue</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Statue" title="Statue">statue</a> which has been claimed to have shed <a href="/wiki/Tears" title="Tears">tears</a> or to be weeping by supernatural means. Statues weeping tears which appear to be blood, oil, and scented liquids have all been reported. Other claimed phenomena are sometimes associated with weeping statues such as miraculous healing, the formation of figures in the tear lines, and the scent of roses. These events are generally reported by <a href="/wiki/Catholics" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholics">Catholics</a>, and initially attract pilgrims, but are in most cases disallowed by the Church as proven hoaxes. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weeping_statue_and_Marian_apparition">Weeping statue and Marian apparition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weeping_statue&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Weeping statue and Marian apparition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Virgin_Mary_of_Akita_Japan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Virgin_Mary_of_Akita_Japan.jpg/200px-Virgin_Mary_of_Akita_Japan.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Virgin_Mary_of_Akita_Japan.jpg/300px-Virgin_Mary_of_Akita_Japan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Virgin_Mary_of_Akita_Japan.jpg/400px-Virgin_Mary_of_Akita_Japan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="5498" /></a><figcaption>The weeping statue of <a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Akita" title="Our Lady of Akita">Our Lady of Akita</a> apparitions in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Reported weeping statues are most often sculptures of the <a href="/wiki/BVM(RC)" class="mw-redirect" title="BVM(RC)">Virgin Mary</a> and are at times accompanied by claims of <a href="/wiki/Marian_apparition" title="Marian apparition">Marian apparitions</a>. A notable example is the nature of the <a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Akita" title="Our Lady of Akita">Our Lady of Akita</a> apparitions that was unlike other cases, as the entire nation of Japan was supposedly able to view the statue of the Virgin Mary shed tears on national television.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hoaxes_and_skepticism">Hoaxes and skepticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weeping_statue&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Hoaxes and skepticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Authorities of the Catholic Church have been very careful in their approach and treatment of weeping statues, and generally set very high barriers for their acceptance. For instance when a statue of the popular Saint <a href="/wiki/Padre_Pio" title="Padre Pio">Padre Pio of Pietrelcina</a> in <a href="/wiki/Messina" title="Messina">Messina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>, was found to have tears of blood one day in 2002, Church officials quickly ordered tests that showed the blood belonged to a woman and then dismissed the case as a hoax.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Skeptics point to the fact that making a fake weeping statue is relatively easy. Skeptics have provided examples of weeping statues that have been obvious <a href="/wiki/Hoax" title="Hoax">hoaxes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Weeping statues have also been dismissed by <a href="/wiki/Rationalism" title="Rationalism">rationalists</a> as a purely psychological and/or <a href="/wiki/Fraud" title="Fraud">fraudulent</a> phenomenon. The witnesses are said to be deluded by their own state of mind or strong group suggestion. In this altered state of mind, they believe they see something that is not really there.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another likely explanation attributes the so-called tears to condensation. The tears that statues appear to weep are actually beads of condensation accounted for by the statue being made from material of varying density, with condensation forming on the denser (colder) pieces (in this case the eyes). </p><p>A number of weeping statues have been declared fake by Catholic church officials.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1985, a statue in Montreal was reported to be weeping and bleeding, however it turned out that the statue was smeared with the owner's blood and shaving cream.<sup id="cite_ref-randi-1995_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-randi-1995-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1995, a Madonna statue appeared to weep blood in the town of <a href="/wiki/Civitavecchia" title="Civitavecchia">Civitavecchia</a> in Italy. About 60 witnesses testified to witnessing the phenomenon.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The local bishop said that he himself had seen it weep. The blood on the statue was later found to be male. The statue's owner, Fabio Gregori, refused to take a DNA test. After the Civitavecchia case, dozens of reputedly miraculous statues were reported. Almost all were shown to be hoaxes, where blood, red paint, or water was splashed on the faces of the statues.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, church custodian Vincenzo Di Costanzo went on trial in northern Italy for faking blood on a statue of the Virgin Mary when his own DNA was matched to the blood.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, at the Our Lady Guadalupe Catholic Church in Hobbs, New Mexico, a Mary statue was reported to be producing tears. In July of that year, the Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces revealed that tests confirmed the tears in fact had the chemical composition of rose scented olive oil.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Eye_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eye-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_weeping_statues">List of weeping statues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weeping_statue&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of weeping statues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Siracusa_-_Santuario_della_Madonna_delle_Lacrime_-_2023-09-07_14-50-22_002.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Siracusa_-_Santuario_della_Madonna_delle_Lacrime_-_2023-09-07_14-50-22_002.JPG/250px-Siracusa_-_Santuario_della_Madonna_delle_Lacrime_-_2023-09-07_14-50-22_002.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Siracusa_-_Santuario_della_Madonna_delle_Lacrime_-_2023-09-07_14-50-22_002.JPG/330px-Siracusa_-_Santuario_della_Madonna_delle_Lacrime_-_2023-09-07_14-50-22_002.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Siracusa_-_Santuario_della_Madonna_delle_Lacrime_-_2023-09-07_14-50-22_002.JPG/500px-Siracusa_-_Santuario_della_Madonna_delle_Lacrime_-_2023-09-07_14-50-22_002.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2272" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Madonna_delle_Lacrime,_Siracusa" title="Madonna delle Lacrime, Siracusa">miraculous weeping statue of the Virgin Mary</a> in <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracuse</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Plutarch" title="Plutarch">Plutarch</a>, in chapter 38 of his Life of <a href="/wiki/Gnaeus_Marcius_Coriolanus" title="Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus">Coriolanus</a>, discusses the phenomenon of weeping and bleeding statues, with special reference to the case of a statue of <a href="/wiki/Fortuna" title="Fortuna">Fortuna</a> addressing a crowd in Rome.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Joe_Nickell" title="Joe Nickell">Joe Nickell</a>, "animated ones", or inanimate objects that are claimed to do things such as walking, changing facial expressions, or shedding tears, are most commonly statues in the Roman Catholic tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-Eye_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eye-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Daniel" title="Book of Daniel">Book of Daniel</a> Chapter 14 verses 1–21 the story finds Daniel setting up a trap to catch priests who were sneaking into temples to eat the offerings left at the feet of the idol <a href="/wiki/Belenus" title="Belenus">Bel</a>, which was worshipped for its seeming ability to consume food and drink.<sup id="cite_ref-Eye_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eye-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A very small number of weeping statues have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, e.g. in <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracuse</a> the shedding of tears from a <a href="/wiki/Madonna_delle_Lacrime,_Siracusa" title="Madonna delle Lacrime, Siracusa">Virgin Mary statue</a> in the house of a married couple (29 August 1953) was recognized by the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Siracusa" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Siracusa">Catholic bishops of Sicily</a> on 13 December 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chemist Luigi Garlaschelli of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pavia" title="University of Pavia">University of Pavia</a>, who has not examined the statue, which is behind glass, theorizes that the tears are due to capillary attraction with moisture seeping through a fault in the glaze of the plaster statue.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following is a list of the more publicized claims. The veracity of these claims is difficult to establish and many have been declared hoaxes by Church officials. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Claims </th> <th>Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td>10 and 25 November 1643 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rottweil" title="Rottweil">Rottweil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Turning_Eyes" title="Our Lady of the Turning Eyes">Our Lady of the Turning Eyes</a> – tears, changing complexion, speaking, moving head from heaven to earth. Witnessed by at least 42 citizens. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Geschichte_vom_wunderbaren_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geschichte_vom_wunderbaren-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracuse, Sicily</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> </td> <td>human tears – approved by local bishops </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 March 1960 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hempstead,_New_York" title="Hempstead, New York">Hempstead, New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td>tears of human from Icon of the Sorrowful Theotokos, first showing tears in house at Island Park, New York at house of Peter and Pagona Catsounis. Brought to St. Paul Greek Orthodox Cathedral to show the priest, later considered to be a "Sign of Divine Providence" by Ecumenical Patriarchate </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Ridge,_Virginia" title="Lake Ridge, Virginia">Lake Ridge, Virginia</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td>Catholic associate pastor is claimed to cause statues of the Virgin Mary to weep tears or blood. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pavia,_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Pavia, Italy">Pavia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> </td> <td>Claimed to weep real tears, shown to be fraudulent as statue owner applied the tears with a water gun. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Eye_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eye-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Civitavecchia" title="Civitavecchia">Civitavecchia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> </td> <td>statue of Our Lady, bought in <a href="/wiki/Medjugorje" title="Medjugorje">Medjugorje</a>, tears of blood </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 1997 till present </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Platina" title="Platina">Platina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> </td> <td>statue of <a href="/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary (mother of Jesus)">Our Lady of the Sacred Heart</a> sheds a red liquid – unverified </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>March 2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Messina" title="Messina">Messina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> </td> <td>statue of <a href="/wiki/Pio_of_Pietrelcina" class="mw-redirect" title="Pio of Pietrelcina">Pio of Pietrelcina</a> shed a red liquid, but was rejected by the Vatican </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>September 2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rockingham,_Western_Australia" title="Rockingham, Western Australia">Rockingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> </td> <td>wept scented tears, apparitions, accepted. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chittagong" title="Chittagong">Chittagong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> </td> <td>unverified </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>September 2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baalbek" title="Baalbek">Baalbek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> </td> <td>appearance of scented oil, blinked and claimed a cure – not verified </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>November 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento, California</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td>tears of blood, called a hoax on the Paula Zahn TV show </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>March 2006 onwards </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerala, India">Kerala</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </td> <td>tears of blood, appearance of oil, honey, milk – not verified </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 2006 till present </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bor%C4%A1_in-Nadur" title="Borġ in-Nadur">Borġ in-Nadur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bir%C5%BCebbu%C4%A1a" title="Birżebbuġa">Birżebbuġa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> </td> <td>tears of blood, appearance of oil, salt – unverified, self-published claims </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>November 2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Windsor,_Ontario" title="Windsor, Ontario">Windsor, Ontario</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> </td> <td>appearance of oil, "smiles during the day" and excreted oil claimed to heal – please see the article <a href="/wiki/Windsor,_Ontario_weeping_statue" title="Windsor, Ontario weeping statue">Windsor, Ontario weeping statue</a> for more information </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge, Louisiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td>appearance of dripping blood from hairline </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>October 2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tanauan,_Batangas" title="Tanauan, Batangas">Tanauan, Batangas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> </td> <td>appearance of blood in face, and excretes oil in palm in the statue of Mary Mediatrix of All Grace, the blood eventually revealed to be from a person of blood type O. It is also reported that several Marian images also weep blood in their home – Currently under investigation by the Archdiocese of Lipa </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 2015 </td> <td>Barangay Liloan, <a href="/wiki/Catarman,_Camiguin" title="Catarman, Camiguin">Catarman, Camiguin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> </td> <td>Traces of alleged blood were found near the eyes of an image of Mary inside the Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel in Barangay Liloan in Catarman, Camiguin Tuesday morning, local residents said. Residents were also surprised to see that the image's hands were unclasped. Church administrators have yet to determine whether the image really cried blood. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>March 2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trevignano" title="Trevignano">Trevignano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lazio" title="Lazio">Lazio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> </td> <td>The statue of the Virgin Mary is reported to weep blood every third day of the month </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>August 2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1szt%C3%B3" title="Pásztó">Pásztó</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a> </td> <td>Realistic human tears dripping down for more than 3 months, with additional red circles around eyes. Source not yet determined. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July and September 2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hobbs,_New_Mexico" title="Hobbs, New Mexico">Hobbs, New Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe" title="Our Lady of Guadalupe">Our Lady of Guadalupe</a> weeping tears of olive oil. Currently under investigation by the Diocese of Las Cruces. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>August 2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carmiano" title="Carmiano">Carmiano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apulia" title="Apulia">Apulia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> </td> <td>The statue of the Virgin Mary would have oozed a reddish liquid </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weeping_paintings">Weeping paintings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weeping_statue&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Weeping paintings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Weeping <a href="/wiki/Painting" title="Painting">paintings</a> or <a href="/wiki/Icon" title="Icon">icons</a> are a related phenomenon, but to date not a single case of a weeping painting has been approved either by the Roman Catholic or Coptic churches and most instances have turned out to be hoaxes. However, in <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy" title="Eastern Orthodoxy">Eastern Orthodoxy</a>, some cases such as a weeping <a href="/wiki/St_Michael" class="mw-redirect" title="St Michael">St Michael</a> icon in <a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a> have been taken as miraculous.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As with weeping statues, the tears exuded are often said to be of a substance which appears to be similar to blood. A painting of the Virgin Mary is said to have exuded moisture from the eyes and the fingers at St. Nicholas Albanian Orthodox Church in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> on 6 December 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The event gained international attention and drew many onlookers to the church.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The moisture ceased in July 1987, but resumed a year later at which time 19 other icons were said to have also started weeping after being "anointed" with the painting's moisture.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Church authorities refused to allow the "tears" to be analysed by chemists.<sup id="cite_ref-randi-1995_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-randi-1995-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A painting of Mary on plywood was said to have wept on 10 March 1992 in <a href="/wiki/Barberton,_Ohio" title="Barberton, Ohio">Barberton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> annual pilgrimages celebrating the event were still in practice as late as 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another painting of the Virgin Mary which drew many visitors to Christ of the Hills Monastery near <a href="/wiki/Blanco,_Texas" title="Blanco, Texas">Blanco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> in the 1980s was said to weep <a href="/wiki/Myrrh" title="Myrrh">myrrh</a>, but was uncovered as a fraud in the 2000s.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_similar_phenomena">Other similar phenomena</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weeping_statue&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other similar phenomena"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Francisco_Santa_Cruz_07.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Francisco_Santa_Cruz_07.jpg/250px-Francisco_Santa_Cruz_07.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="282" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Francisco_Santa_Cruz_07.jpg/375px-Francisco_Santa_Cruz_07.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Francisco_Santa_Cruz_07.jpg/500px-Francisco_Santa_Cruz_07.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3106" data-file-height="3501" /></a><figcaption>Image of the <a href="/wiki/Se%C3%B1or_de_las_Tribulaciones" title="Señor de las Tribulaciones">Señor de las Tribulaciones</a> in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_de_Tenerife" title="Santa Cruz de Tenerife">Santa Cruz de Tenerife</a>, a figure to whom a "miraculous sweating" was attributed in 1795.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cristo_de_Limpias.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Cristo_de_Limpias.JPG/250px-Cristo_de_Limpias.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Cristo_de_Limpias.JPG/375px-Cristo_de_Limpias.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Cristo_de_Limpias.JPG/500px-Cristo_de_Limpias.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1714" /></a><figcaption>Image of the Holy Christ of the Agony in <a href="/wiki/Limpias" title="Limpias">Limpias</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, which flowed real blood.</figcaption></figure> <p>In addition to the shedding of tears, throughout history there have been reports of religious images that have emitted similar or related phenomena, such as "sweating" phenomena, or the emanation of oil, blood, water, or other substances, including honey. </p><p>A particularly famous case of its time was the phenomenon that occurred in the spring of 1795 in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_de_Tenerife" title="Santa Cruz de Tenerife">Santa Cruz de Tenerife</a> (<a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>). A representation of a bust of <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a>, locally invoked as the <i><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%B1or_de_las_Tribulaciones" title="Señor de las Tribulaciones">Señor de las Tribulaciones</a></i>, who began to "sweat" when he was transferred to the home of a wealthy family in the city to cure the family matriarch of an illness.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-B_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another similar case of "miraculous sweating" that also occurred on the Spanish island of <a href="/wiki/Tenerife" title="Tenerife">Tenerife</a> is that of the picture or painting of <a href="/wiki/Saint_John_the_Evangelist" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint John the Evangelist">Saint John the Evangelist</a> venerated in the <a href="/wiki/Iglesia_de_la_Concepci%C3%B3n_(San_Crist%C3%B3bal_de_La_Laguna)" title="Iglesia de la Concepción (San Cristóbal de La Laguna)">parish church of La Concepción</a> de <a href="/wiki/San_Crist%C3%B3bal_de_La_Laguna" title="San Cristóbal de La Laguna">San Cristóbal de La Laguna</a>. The phenomenon occurred during an epidemic of <a href="/wiki/Bubonic_plague" title="Bubonic plague">bubonic plague</a> that hit the island in 1648.<sup id="cite_ref-B_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More recent cases include; an image of <a href="/wiki/The_Crucifixion" class="mw-redirect" title="The Crucifixion">Christ crucified</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tucum%C3%A1n" class="mw-redirect" title="Tucumán">Tucumán</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>, which flowed a reddish liquid, identified as blood, through the <a href="/wiki/Five_Holy_Wounds" title="Five Holy Wounds">Five Holy Wounds</a> in 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or the case in <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, of an image of the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_of_F%C3%A1tima" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin of Fátima">Virgin of Fátima</a> that exudes oil and honey from 1993 to the present.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weeping_statue&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moving_statues" title="Moving statues">Moving statues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_apparition" title="Marian apparition">Marian apparition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perceptions_of_religious_imagery_in_natural_phenomena" title="Perceptions of religious imagery in natural phenomena">Perceptions of religious imagery in natural phenomena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milk_Miracle" class="mw-redirect" title="Milk Miracle">Milk Miracle</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weeping_statue&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-59337-713-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-59337-713-4">1-59337-713-4</a> page 137-138</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1858430.stm">Weeping statue of Padre Pio</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110918104543/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article1081044.ece">Church rules out Padre Pio tears</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.randi.org/jr/042304seven.html">Hoaxes exposed</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Nickell" title="Joe Nickell">Nickell, Joe</a>. (1993). <i>Looking for a Miracle: Weeping Icons, Relics, Stigmata, Visions & Healing Cures</i>. <a href="/wiki/Prometheus_Books" title="Prometheus Books">Prometheus Books</a>. pp. 56-57. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-57392-680-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-57392-680-9">1-57392-680-9</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">YouTube on fake statue [www.youtube.com/watch?v=57e9OMZlghY]</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/04-07-30.html">Fake statues</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080719063214/http://www.undeceivingourselves.com/I-enou.htm">"Fake Rockingham statue"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.undeceivingourselves.com/I-enou.htm">the original</a> on 19 July 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 March</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Aleteia&rft.atitle=%C2%BFUna+Virgen+que+llora+aceite+y+miel%3F&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fes.aleteia.org%2F2021%2F12%2F15%2Funa-virgen-que-llora-aceite-y-miel%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWeeping+statue" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weeping_statue&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFYasuda1989" class="citation book cs1">Yasuda, Teiji (1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.101foundation.com/product-page/akita-the-tears-and-message-of-mary"><i>Akita: The Tears and Message of Mary</i></a>. Asbury, New Jersey: 101 Foundation. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781890137205" title="Special:BookSources/9781890137205"><bdi>9781890137205</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Akita%3A+The+Tears+and+Message+of+Mary&rft.place=Asbury%2C+New+Jersey&rft.pub=101+Foundation&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=9781890137205&rft.aulast=Yasuda&rft.aufirst=Teiji&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.101foundation.com%2Fproduct-page%2Fakita-the-tears-and-message-of-mary&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWeeping+statue" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFNickell1993" class="citation book cs1">Nickell, Joe (1993). <i>Looking for a Miracle: Weeping Icons, Relics, Stigmata, Visions & Healing Cures</i>. <a href="/wiki/Prometheus_Books" title="Prometheus Books">Prometheus Books</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780879758400" title="Special:BookSources/9780879758400"><bdi>9780879758400</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Looking+for+a+Miracle%3A+Weeping+Icons%2C+Relics%2C+Stigmata%2C+Visions+%26+Healing+Cures&rft.pub=Prometheus+Books&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=9780879758400&rft.aulast=Nickell&rft.aufirst=Joe&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWeeping+statue" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCruz1993" class="citation book cs1">Cruz, Joan Carroll (1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tanbooks.com/virgin-mary/miraculous-images-of-our-lady/"><i>Miraculous Images of Our Lady: 100 Famous Catholic Portraits and Statues</i></a>. Charlotte NC: TAN Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780895554840" title="Special:BookSources/9780895554840"><bdi>9780895554840</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Miraculous+Images+of+Our+Lady%3A+100+Famous+Catholic+Portraits+and+Statues&rft.place=Charlotte+NC&rft.pub=TAN+Books&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=9780895554840&rft.aulast=Cruz&rft.aufirst=Joan+Carroll&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftanbooks.com%2Fvirgin-mary%2Fmiraculous-images-of-our-lady%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWeeping+statue" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCruz1995" class="citation book cs1">Cruz, Joan Carroll (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tanbooks.com/books-about-jesus/miraculous-images-of-our-lord/"><i>Miraculous Images of Our Lord: Famous Catholic Statues, Portraits and Crucifixes</i></a>. Charlotte NC: TAN Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780895554963" title="Special:BookSources/9780895554963"><bdi>9780895554963</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Miraculous+Images+of+Our+Lord%3A+Famous+Catholic+Statues%2C+Portraits+and+Crucifixes&rft.place=Charlotte+NC&rft.pub=TAN+Books&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=9780895554963&rft.aulast=Cruz&rft.aufirst=Joan+Carroll&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftanbooks.com%2Fbooks-about-jesus%2Fmiraculous-images-of-our-lord%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWeeping+statue" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSchwebel2004" class="citation book cs1">Schwebel, Lisa J. (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.paulistpress.com/Products/4223-6/apparitions-healings-and-weeping-madonnas.aspx"><i>Apparitions, Healings, and Weeping Madonnas: Christianity and the Paranormal</i></a>. Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780809142231" title="Special:BookSources/9780809142231"><bdi>9780809142231</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Apparitions%2C+Healings%2C+and+Weeping+Madonnas%3A+Christianity+and+the+Paranormal&rft.place=Mahwah%2C+New+Jersey&rft.pub=Paulist+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=9780809142231&rft.aulast=Schwebel&rft.aufirst=Lisa+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paulistpress.com%2FProducts%2F4223-6%2Fapparitions-healings-and-weeping-madonnas.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWeeping+statue" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGrossman2010" class="citation book cs1">Grossman, Wendy M. (2010). <i>Why Statues Weep: The Best of the "Skeptic"</i>. Routledge. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780953761128" title="Special:BookSources/9780953761128"><bdi>9780953761128</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Why+Statues+Weep%3A+The+Best+of+the+%22Skeptic%22&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=9780953761128&rft.aulast=Grossman&rft.aufirst=Wendy+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWeeping+statue" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weeping_statue&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cicap.org/en/">Italian 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href="http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_3_30/ai_n16418734/pg_1">"The 'new' idolatry"</a> Joe Nickell investigates and exposes numerous weeping statue hoaxes.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://weeping-madonna.excerptsofinri.com/">Why does The Madonna Weep?</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101024083021/http://weeping-madonna.excerptsofinri.com/">Archived</a> 2010-10-24 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output 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