Weeping crucifix in Mumbai information

Weeping crucifix in Mumbai
Location	Mumbai (Bombay), India
Material	Wood

The Weeping crucifix in Mumbai is a statue of the crucified Jesus in Mumbai (Bombay) which attracted widespread attention in 2012; when a constant stream of water began to seep from its feet. Some of the local Catholic Christians believed the incident to be a miracle; a skeptic-rationalist and atheist author by the name Sanal Edamaruku, provided evidence that the water stemmed from a faulty sewage system, which seeped due to capillary action. However, Edamaruku also accused Latin Christian priests of regularly scamming devotees and defrauding miracles to make money inorder to build bigger and newer churches or convents,^[1] and mocked the Pope as "anti-science".^[2] A church representative admitted Edamaruku had the "right to doubt" & Christian activists said that the backlash was not for debunking the alleged "miracle", but for the defamatory statements made on live television.^[2] After which he became subsequently subject to multiple first information reports (FIR) under blasphemy laws.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] A Catholic lawyer and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay called for him to apologise for the comments. After receiving a barrage of threats,^{[citation needed]} he migrated to Finland to avoid being arrested under the blasphemy law.^[7]

^ "Water from the cross of Irla. Indian atheist accuses Church of". Archived from the original on 12 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Why Jesus wept in Mumbai: The church versus the rationalist". 28 November 2012. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019.
^ A Rationalist Fights to Disprove Miracles in India (Audio file). Public Radio International. 23 November 2012.
^ "Blasphemy law is unworthy of secular democracy". Firstpost. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Withdraw case against Sanal – John Dayal, Veteran journalist and member, National Integration Council – The Sunday Indian". www.thesundayindian.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
^ "'Rampal is a fraudster who exploits the gullible common man'". Hindustan Times. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

[1] "Water from the cross of Irla. Indian atheist accuses Church of". Archived from the original on 12 November 2020.

[firstpost.com-2] "Why Jesus wept in Mumbai: The church versus the rationalist". 28 November 2012. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019.

[3] A Rationalist Fights to Disprove Miracles in India (Audio file). Public Radio International. 23 November 2012.

[4] "Blasphemy law is unworthy of secular democracy". Firstpost. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

[:2-5] Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[6] "Withdraw case against Sanal – John Dayal, Veteran journalist and member, National Integration Council – The Sunday Indian". www.thesundayindian.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

[7] "'Rampal is a fraudster who exploits the gullible common man'". Hindustan Times. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2023.