Something unusual is happening at a Ukrainian Catholic church in Winnipeg.
Believers say a steel cross inside the church appears to be bleeding.
Mary
Jane Kalenchuk, caretaker of the tomb of Catholic Bishop Blessed Vasae
at St. Joseph's Ukrainian Church, said an oily substance began weeping
from the cross about a month ago.
"Something is occurring ... is happening, but right now, we really can't explain it," she said.
Whatever the explanation, pilgrims from around the world are flocking to the martyr's shrine.
"This honor ... and just to be in his presence. To me, if I don't come here, I'm missing something," visitor Isabell Lukie said.
More
than 20,000 people have come to the bishop's tomb since it opened in
2001.
His is one of two such shrines in Canada, and this is not the
first time it's been associated with unexplained events.
"I could
use the word 'miracle' but that's a technical term," the church's Rev.
John Sianchuk said.
"I'll say graces from God of healings and cancer
healings."
The church is contemplating whether or not the Vatican should investigate.
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