Maropati (Reggio Calabria Province) is an Italian town of 1,624 inhabitants. Maropati had its moment of fame on January 3, 1971 when, while a house in the historic center, someone saw a picture of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii "weep blood." What followed was a massive flow of visitors from all over Italy.
But on September 16, 1980 Bishop St. Bergomi reported the findings "of the investigation commission, according to which the events taking place" does not contain elements that could claim the supernatural. So the priests were warned from organizing celebrations, processions, pilgrimages related to the "so-called tearing" (see Anthony Piromalli, Maropati, history of a feud and a usurpation, pp. 166-167).
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