{"id":18892,"date":"2018-05-25T21:49:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T21:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18892"},"modified":"2018-05-25T21:58:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T21:58:32","slug":"strange-baby-born-with-jesus-christ-stigmata-like-sores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18892","title":{"rendered":"STRANGE: BABY BORN WITH JESUS CHRIST STIGMATA-LIKE SORES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>A baby born with strange stigmata-like sores resembling the injuries\u00a0suffered by\u00a0the Christ during his crucifixion, is attracting a lot of attention from Christians\u00a0across the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of faithful have already gathered around the Quez\u00f3n City General Hospital, hoping to see the \u201cblessed\u201d child.<\/p>\n<p>Jejomar Castillo was born on the morning of March 15,\u00a0weighing 3.2 kilograms and bearing\u00a0strange injuries on his face, hands, and feet.<\/p>\n<p>These surprising sores are almost identical to the famous\u00a0wounds\u00a0suffered by Jesus,\u00a0including the head wounds\u00a0associated with the Crown of thorns and\u00a0the wounds caused by the crucifixion itself.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=16251&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to one of the country\u2019s top microbiological experts,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0Merlyn Cruz,\u00a0the young boy suffers a very rare\u00a0syndrome causing localized\u00a0<em>purpura<\/em>, which is characterized by red or purple discolorations on the skin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to admit that this is an amazing case,\u201d says Doctor Cruz.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOnly a handful of similar cases have been recorded throughout history, and\u00a0it\u2019s the first time\u00a0on a baby, so the scientific\u00a0knowledge accumulated about\u00a0his pathology\u00a0is very scarce.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are doing a series of tests to\u00a0determine what these sores actually are and what\u00a0is causing them to appear, but we have found nothing yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11941\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The newborn boy bears wounds on his forehead, hands and feet. These sores bleed regularly and seem unable to heal completely.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rumors of a \u201cmiraculous child\u201d rapidly spread across the hospital, then across the city, and a large crowd rapidly gathered outside the boy\u2019s room and even around the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Within a matter of hours, thousands of people surrounded the building in silent\u00a0prayer.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd has now been there for two days, praying and chanting religious slogans like \u201c<em>Welcome to the Saviour<\/em>\u201d and \u201c<em>Thank you God for sending Jejomar<\/em>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the people on the site seem to associate the birth of this enigmatic child with the biblical\u00a0<em>Return of Jesus Christ<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11937\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 15,000 people were gathered outside the Quezon City General Hospital, hoping to see the \u201cblessed boy\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The most famous case of stigmata in modern history is certainly\u00a0that\u00a0of Pio of Pietrelcina, commonly known as Padre Pio, who\u00a0was a friar, priest, and mystic of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.<\/p>\n<p>He became famous for bearing the stigmata for most of his life\u00a0and is now venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of other cases of stigmata have been reported over the centuries, but none of them concerning a newborn child.<\/p>\n<p>This unique condition has already attracted a lot of attention on Jejomar and his family, and it seems\u00a0the enthusiastic Christians\u00a0who have gathered around the hospital are already calling him a saint.<\/p>\n<p>The young Jejomar Castillo, therefore,\u00a0really\u00a0seems condemned to have a very different life\u00a0than most Filipino child.(worldnewsdailyreport.com)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18603\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff-300x86.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff-768x219.jpg 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff-1024x292.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A baby born with strange stigmata-like sores resembling the injuries\u00a0suffered by\u00a0the Christ during his crucifixion, is attracting a lot of attention from Christians\u00a0across the Philippines. Thousands of faithful have already gathered around the Quez\u00f3n City General Hospital, hoping to see the \u201cblessed\u201d child. 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