While I am not going to comment on the idea of a statue moving or not, I think it is facinating how mobile phones are being used to capture a glimpse of this event.

Thousands of Italians have flocked to a small town outside Naples armed with mobile phones in the hopes of filming a statue of the Virgin Mary that residents say has miraculously moved her legs.

Parishioners at St. Peter’s church in Acerra said they had witnessed the plaster statue’s legs turn flesh coloured and move “as though she were walking toward us”. One man told reporters last week that he had filmed the “miracle” on his mobile phone. [Read the rest]