PERTH, Australia (AP) -- A statue of the Virgin Mary that has been drawing crowds since 2002 when it apparently began weeping rose-scented tears has started crying again, in the week before Easter, its owner said Sunday.
Patty Powell, who bought the statue 10 years ago in Bangkok, said it started shedding tears again on Palm Sunday.
"I had no idea it was going to happen, but like all of this, I take whatever I am given," Powell said. "I just accept it for what it is, but yes, I am surprised."
Powell, from the Western Australia state capital, Perth, began displaying the statue at a local Catholic church in 2002.
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/12/weeping.statue.ap/index.html
Patty Powell, who bought the statue 10 years ago in Bangkok, said it started shedding tears again on Palm Sunday.
"I had no idea it was going to happen, but like all of this, I take whatever I am given," Powell said. "I just accept it for what it is, but yes, I am surprised."
Powell, from the Western Australia state capital, Perth, began displaying the statue at a local Catholic church in 2002.
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/12/weeping.statue.ap/index.html