List of Weeping Statues
A very small number of weeping statues have been recognized by the Catholic Church, e.g. in Syracuse Sicily the 1949 shedding of tears from a statue was recognized by the Catholic bishops of Sicily on August 29, 1953. Our Lady of Akita was declared as worthy of belief by the Holy Office in 1988, and remains the only weeping statue recognized by the Holy Office.
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.
| Date | Location | Claims | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Syracuse, New York | human tears — unverified | |
| June 1985 | Naju, South Korea | tears of human blood, rejected by local bishop | Catholic News |
| February 1995 | Civitavecchia, Italy | statue of Our Lady, bought in Medjugorje, tears of blood | |
| April 1997 till present | Platina, Brazil | statue of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart sheds a red liquid - unverified | |
| March 2002 | Messina, Italy | statue of Pio of Pietrelcina shed a red liquid, but was rejected by the Vatican | |
| September 2002 | Rockingham, Australia | wept scented tears, apparitions, accepted. | |
| February 2003 | Chittagong, Bangladesh | unverified | |
| September 2004 | Baalbek, Lebanon | appearance of scented oil, blinked and claimed a cure — not verified | |
| November 2005 | Sacramento, California | tears of blood, called a hoax on the Paula Zahn TV show | |
| March 2006 onwards | Kerala, India | tears of blood, appearance of oil, honey, milk — not verified | |
| January 2006 till present | Borġ in-Nadur, Birżebbuġa, Malta, | tears of blood, appearance of oil, salt - unverified, self-published claims | |
| November 2010 | Windsor, Ontario, Canada | appearance of oil, "smiles during the day" and excreted oil claimed to heal | |
| July 2012 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA | appearance of dripping blood from hairline |
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