Weepies

http://www.visionsofjesuschrist.com/weepingstatuesandicons.htm

You may have seen the odd 'quirky' story containing reports in the media of certain religious icons apparently crying. This site is devoted to those reports with pictures and commentary on an (alarming) number of cases of this...

I would suggest that these are the work of creative priests looking to increase the numbers of their flock, but hey, what do I know?