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A plaster statue of the Madonna that purportedly wept blood in the garden of a family in the Italian city of Civitavecchia counted St. John Paul II as a devotee, even though the event was never officially confirmed as authentic.

The ship is now making its way towards Civitavecchia port in Italy.

The Ocean Viking ship was seized while docked in the port of Civitavecchia, northwest of Rome on the Mediterranean coast.

"After a 7h Port State Control inspection in Civitavecchia yesterday, #OceanViking has been detained by Italian authorities," the charity tweeted, adding that it was working with the involved parties "to lift the detention as soon as possible".

Mr. Scalfari was born April 6, 1924, in Civitavecchia, a coastal city near Rome.