Miracle at shrine ‘not the first’

The story of the Australian man who was declared dead and then ‘miraculously’ resurrected after a horrific crash close to the Ta’ Pinu shrine in Melbourne, is not the first attributed to an act of grace, according to the director of the shrine. Asked if there were ever any other miraculous claims connected to the Ta’ Pinu shrine in Melbourne, Mgr Benedict Camilleri said: “Yes, we had other cases, but one always has to be prudent about talking about them”. Mgr Camilleri, 83, from Għarb, who set up the Our Lady Shrine in Ta’ Pinu in Melbourne, told The Sunday Times of Malta that he became aware of the story of Daniel Huf, 30, last week. Mr Huf’s parents believe their son was saved by a miracle last year, when his sports car struck another vehicle and flipped over on a highway. With no beating pulse, and no sign of life, he was declared dead by the paramedics on the scene. An hour-and-a-half later, when the undertaker arrived, Mr Huf’s lifeless body started twitching; his chest moved up and down spasmodically, irregularly. Emergency service workers who were recovering his body from the wreckage realised he was alive. Mgr Camilleri felt that he could not pass any “rash judgment” on Mr...