Sacred site · 1995

Christ of the Tears

17.3898° S · 66.1439° W|Cochabamba, Bolivia

Since 1995, a small statue of Christ has wept bloody tears on Good Friday. A number of investigations have been carried out, and the phenomenon remains unexplained. You can even watch a video of the event.

The Capilla Cristo de las Lágrimas de San Pedro (Chapel of Christ of the Tears of St. Peter) in Cochabamba enshrines a mysterious sculpture of Christ. Since 1995, it has wept tears of human blood every Good Friday.

Devotees claim that the tears have been tested in an Australian lab and found to contain human blood, and that the statue has been examined for fraudulent mechanisms and found to be hollow. To top it all off, the weeping has been caught on film - it can be viewed online here.

Inside, the chapel displays pictures of what the sculpture looked like before it was covered in blood.

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17.3898° S · 66.1439° WCochabamba, Bolivia

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