Lying Signs: Miracle tears draw hundreds to church
Venerated Virgin: George Mavros aids his wheelchair-bound mother, Dorothea, 92, as his wife, Elizabeth, kneels before the weeping statue of the Madonna that brought hundreds of people to Our Lady of Lourdes Church yesterday. PICTURE: TREVOR COLLENS
HUNDREDS of people have descended on a Rockingham church to witness a phenomenon that some say is a miracle.
They converged on Our Lady of Lourdes Church yesterday afternoon to see a fibreglass statue of the Virgin Mary, which apparently has been shedding tears of an oil-like substance.
Roads around the church were busy with traffic and a nearby oval was opened up to provide extra carparking.
People started lining up outside the church two hours before it opened to the public at 3.30pm.
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