Virgin Mary statue seen weeping in Honduras church

Churchgoers at the Campus Santiago Apostle in Danli, Honduras reportedly saw tears dripping from the eyes of a statue of the Virgin Mary. A priest from a nearby parish, Juan Angel Lopez, did not know what is causing the phenomenon but believed it to be genuine.

The strange occurrence was first noticed over the weekend. Video footage showed someone wiping the eyes and face of the statue. A man speaking in Spanish was heard in the background.

"I'm not saying it's true, I'm saying it's possible," Lopez said. "In this case, I suspect that there is no falsehood because I know people who run the Campus Santiago Apostle. I know the seriousness of people who have recorded the video and do not think they would fake it," he added.

Several cases of strange phenomenon involving religious statues have been reported in the past few months.

Last week, a church in Bolivia reported that a statue of the Virgin Mary was crying tears of blood. A priest later reported that the hands of the figure was bleeding. A blood sample was taken to a hospital for analysis.

Last June, a video showing a statue of Jesus opening its eyes went viral on the internet. The footage was taken in the Chapel of Saltillo in Mexico. However, church authorities from the Diocese of Saltillo refused to watch it, according to Mirror. A Youtube video released under the account AustralianPhenomena created a frame by frame analysis of the video and suggested that it may have been altered.

Last May, a family from Fresno reported that the Virgin Mary statue at their home was weeping. The crew from ABC recounted that the tears were oily and smelled like roses. The caretaker of the statue said that many priests had already come to see the weeping statue and called it a miracle.