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Hundreds flock to ‘weeping’ Mary statue in Israel

By Washington Examiner
Published February 11, 2014 9:28pm ET
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Hundreds flock to ‘weeping’ Mary statue in Israel
Christian worshipers gather next to a statue of the Virgin Mary, that residents say "weeps" oil, inside an apartment belonging to the Khoury family, in Tarshiha, a small town in northern Israel,Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. The family says it is most striking when a "tear" seems to roll down the statue's cheek. It says some 2,000 people have come to see the statue over the last week. | (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of people have flocked to a small town in northern Israel to view a statue of the Virgin Mary that residents say “weeps” oil.

Members of a Christian family from Tarshiha, near the Lebanon border, say they have witnessed a miracle in their living room.

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