Allegations of fraud against Gisella Cardia, who drew pilgrims by claiming statue wept tears of blood
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A self-styled mystic who drew hundreds of pilgrims to a town near Rome by claiming that a statue of the Virgin Mary wept tears of blood could face trial after a DNA test indicated the blood was hers.
Gisella Cardia, who also claimed that the statue was transmitting messages to her, was last year declared a fraud by the Roman Catholic church, which subsequently tightened its rules on supernatural phenomena.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/14/italian-mystic-may-face-trial-after-dna-match-with-bleeding-virgin-mary-statue
Author : Angela Giuffrida in Rome
Publish date : 2025-02-14 14:30:31
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