MARY STATUE MOVES? "I went to touch her hands," Huerta said, "and I thought I felt a pulse."

Pilgrims find miracle in a statue
Believers say icon of Virgin Mary moves
By ALLAN TURNER
Copyright 1998 Houston Chronicle

CORPUS CHRISTI -- For 10 years, the flaking plaster statue of the Virgin Mary stood in its niche in Raquel Fernandez's front yard doing precisely what one might expect a statue to do. Absolutely nothing.

Then early on a Thursday evening about three weeks ago, Fernandez, 57, a recent widow, was aroused from a light slumber by a knock on her door. The visitor, a friend's niece who had come from Fort Worth for a funeral, was sputtering with excitement.

Crowds continue to visit the statue of the Virgin Mary at the home of Raquel Fernandez in Corpus Christi. Fernandez says the $12 statue opens its eyes and moves. Many people visiting the site say they have had religious experiences.

The statue, she insisted, was moving.

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