Pope Francis Performs His First Miracle! Guess What He Did!!! (Photos)

I'm not sure if we know the story of St. Gennaro and his normally-solidified blood so I'm going to say one or two things on it.

St. Gennaro was the city's patron saint in Naples, Italy and he was martyred in AD305. His blood was taken and preserved in an ancient relic, but solidify the moment it got into it which was very strange. Some believe it was because St Gennaro was not happy with them. The faithful have long believed that if they pray enough, the blood preserved in the ancient relic will become liquid on the three feast days a year when it's put on display.

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Well, when Pope Francis kissed the glass ampoule it was held in, the normally-solidified blood of St. Gennaro, the city's patron saint,...
melted when the pope kissed the glass ampoule it was held in, according to the archbishop of Naples.

NBC News reports. But it doesn't always liquefy: The blood last changed consistency in the presence of a pontiff when Pius IX visited Naples in 1848; it didn't liquefy even halfway for John Paul II in 1979 or Benedict XVI in 2007, the Herald reports.

After the archbishop told the congregation that the blood had changed consistency, showing the saint's love for Naples and the pontiff, Francis said, "We can see the saint only half loves us. We must all spread the word, so that he loves us more," according to the Catholic Herald.