On the third of every month, hundreds of the faithful gather in a windswept field in a village near Rome where they believe a statue of the Virgin Mary is crying tears of blood.
In a country where three-quarters of the population still identify as Catholic, the case has rekindled public fascination with the supernatural even more so since it has echoes of a hit television series, The Miracle .
Every third of the month, a multitude of devoted individuals congregate in a windswept field near Rome, firmly believing that a statue of the Virgin Mary.
On the third of every month, hundreds of the faithful gather in a windswept field in a village near Rome where they believe a statue of the Virgin Mary is crying tears of blood.