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Peruvian Lord of the Miracles Batting .758, Survey Says
A recent poll by the University of Lima indicated that more than three-quarters of devotees of El Señor de los Milagros say the Peruvian Christ figure has answered their prayers. Nearly 76 percent — 75.8 percent — of those surveyed say that their prayer to or request of the Lord of the Miracles was granted, reports El Comercio. Some of the miracles attributed to El Señor include people being cured of brain cancer, handicapped people regaining use of their legs and sailors being rescued from sinking submarines. The Church does not keep records of these miracles. They are mainly anecdotal. The cult of the Lord of the Miracles reached a fever…