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"We believe it's a miracle. We have faith, and we can see her face." |
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| CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- A steady stream
of the faithful and the curious, many carrying flowers and candles, have
flocked to an expressway underpass for a view of a yellow and white
stain on a concrete wall that some believe is an image of the Virgin
Mary.
Police have patrolled the emergency turnoff area under the Kennedy Expressway since Monday as hundreds of people have walked down to see the image and the growing memorial of flowers and candles that surround it. Beside the image is an artist's rendering of the Virgin Mary embracing Pope John Paul II in a pose some see echoed in the stain. Tuesday morning, women knelt with rosary beads behind a police barricade while men in work shirts stood solemnly before the image, praying. A police officer kept the crowd of about three dozen from getting too close to the traffic but didn't stop them gathering around the stain. |
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