Why do some religious images appear to weep blood?
Are we witnessing miracles, physical phenomena, manipulation… or something we simply can't explain?
In this episode of Stories and Ghosts, Chuy Campos welcomes Osvaldo Torres to investigate one of the most unsettling phenomena related to religion: images of virgins, saints, and Christ that have been reported to weep, bleed, or exude strange liquids before their devotees.
The conversation begins long before Christianity, exploring ancient mechanisms attributed to temples and statues capable of producing surprising phenomena for believers.
Then we delve into one of the most enigmatic passages of the New Testament: Jesus in Gethsemane and the account of sweat resembling drops of blood.
From there, we explore stigmata, people who claim to have experienced wounds related to the crucifixion, and cases that for decades have divided believers, doctors, and researchers.
Faith?
Psychosomatic phenomenon?
Fraud?
Or spiritual manifestation?
Osvaldo also revisits the strange case of an image of Saint Jude Thaddeus in Monterrey that apparently began to weep. According to the investigation and account presented by Osvaldo himself, behind that image lay a ritual history very different from what its devotees initially believed.
In addition, we travel to Mexico City to learn about the legend of the Christ of the Poison, one of the most famous religious images in the Metropolitan Cathedral.
And toward the end, we delve into one of the most controversial topics of the episode: the changes within the Church, the Second Vatican Council, and an alleged warning attributed to Benedict XVI about the future of Catholicism.
Blood, miracles, stigmata, rituals, and centuries of stories where it is increasingly difficult to separate faith from the inexplicable.
👁️ If you saw a religious image weeping blood in front of you… would you first think of a miracle or look for an explanation?
0:00 Visions and battles against the devil
0:42 The mystery of the bleeding Virgin in Rome
1:30 The Greek ingenuity behind miracles
3:23 Stigmata: affliction or miracle?
5:19 The legend of the Poisoned Christ
9:05 Ecstasy and levitation: Saint Joseph of Cupertino
10:47 Saint Pio of Pietrelcina: the last stigmatist
47:09 John XXIII and the meeting in the Vatican
#Miracles #Stigmata #MysteriesOfTheChurch #OsvaldoTorres #StoriesAndGhosts
Why do some religious images appear to weep blood?
Are we witnessing miracles, physical phenomena, manipulation… or something we simply can't explain?
In this episode of Stories and Ghosts, Chuy Campos welcomes Osvaldo Torres to investigate one of the most unsettling phenomena related to religion: images of virgins, saints, and Christ that have been reported to weep, bleed, or exude strange liquids before their devotees.
The conversation begins long before Christianity, exploring ancient mechanisms attributed to temples and statues capable of producing surprising phenomena for believers.
Then we delve into one of the most enigmatic passages of the New Testament: Jesus in Gethsemane and the account of sweat resembling drops of blood.
From there, we explore stigmata, people who claim to have experienced wounds related to the crucifixion, and cases that for decades have divided believers, doctors, and researchers.
Faith?
Psychosomatic phenomenon?
Fraud?
Or spiritual manifestation?
Osvaldo also revisits the strange case of an image of Saint Jude Thaddeus in Monterrey that apparently began to weep. According to the investigation and account presented by Osvaldo himself, behind that image lay a ritual history very different from what its devotees initially believed.
In addition, we travel to Mexico City to learn about the legend of the Christ of the Poison, one of the most famous religious images in the Metropolitan Cathedral.
And toward the end, we delve into one of the most controversial topics of the episode: the changes within the Church, the Second Vatican Council, and an alleged warning attributed to Benedict XVI about the future of Catholicism.
Blood, miracles, stigmata, rituals, and centuries of stories where it is increasingly difficult to separate faith from the inexplicable.
👁️ If you saw a religious image weeping blood in front of you… would you first think of a miracle or look for an explanation?
0:00 Visions and battles against the devil
0:42 The mystery of the bleeding Virgin in Rome
1:30 The Greek ingenuity behind miracles
3:23 Stigmata: affliction or miracle?
5:19 The legend of the Poisoned Christ
9:05 Ecstasy and levitation: Saint Joseph of Cupertino
10:47 Saint Pio of Pietrelcina: the last stigmatist
47:09 John XXIII and the meeting in the Vatican
#Miracles #Stigmata #MysteriesOfTheChurch #OsvaldoTorres #StoriesAndGhosts