Hobbs, New Mexico
Virgin Mary statue is ‘weeping olive oil’
A seven-foot bronze statue of the Virgin Mary appears to be weeping tears composed of scented olive oil, chemical analysis has found. The Diocese of Las Cruces has been investigating the statue at Our Lady of Guadalupe church in Hobbs, New Mexico, since May, when the phenomenon first began. Bishop Oscar Cantú told Las Cruces Sun-News that it was still a mystery where the oil was coming from. He said the statue’s manufacturers had insisted that there was no possibility any moisture had remained in the bronze. The interior had been examined and was hollow, he said. He added that people who had visited the statue had experienced “tremendous spiritual consolation”.
