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Title: Virgin Mary image restored on underpass
Source: USA Today
URL Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-05-09-mary-restored_x.htm
Published: May 9, 2005
Author: AP
Post Date: 2005-05-09 15:43:45 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
Keywords: underpass, restored, Virgin
Views: 71
Comments: 1

Virgin Mary image restored on underpass

CHICAGO (AP) ? A stain on the wall of an expressway underpass that some believe resembles the Virgin Mary is again attracting visitors after two car wash employees cleaned graffiti and brown paint off the image.

Rosa Diaz and Anna Reczek used a degreaser to clean the wall Friday on their lunch break.

Onlookers said they again could see the Virgin Mary. The Illinois Department of Transportation has said the stain was likely the result of salt runoff on the emergency turnoff area under the Kennedy Expressway.

A man had scrawled the words "Big Lie" in shoe polish on the image Thursday night, and authorities charged Victor Gonzalez of Chicago with criminal damage to state-supported property, a misdemeanor.

Gonzalez, 37, told relatives he believed visitors were worshipping a graven image in violation of the Second Commandment, said Mandy Gonzalez, who identified herself as Gonzalez's niece.

On Friday, Chicago police directed transportation workers to paint over the image with brown paint for safety reasons.

Hundreds of people have flocked to the underpass since last month to see the image. Some leave devotional candles, take snapshots or kneel in prayer before the wall. Others approach the image, touch it and make the sign of the cross.


The current state of Catholicism: Worshiping a dirt stain.

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#1. To: Mr Nuke Buzzcut (#0)

The element of the supernatural is always impressive to the superstitious, monotheistic based or not.

No skin off my back, they wanna venerate water stains on an underpass, be my guest, there's some huckster willing to make a buck by selling them ices and water in the summer heat.

swarthyguy  posted on  2005-05-09   16:18:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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