Posts Tagged ‘New Mexico’

Priest snatches Apache Christ icon from church

Thursday, July 11th, 2024

The recent recovery of an icon depicting Jesus as an Apache Christ, alongside another image of Apache spirit dancers, has left the New Mexico mission community with many questions. The motives behind the theft from the church remain unclear, sparking intense speculation and concern among the mission’s congregation and the wider community. The US bishops Read more

Statue of Our Lady weeps perfumed oil like chrism

Monday, July 23rd, 2018

A statue of Our Lady weeps perfumed olive oil, says an investigator at the New Mexico Diocese of Las Cruces. He says tears that the two metre-plus sculpture of Our Lady of Guadalupe weeps have the same chemical makeup as olive oil treated with perfume. If blessed, the tears would be chrism, a sacred oil Read more