We've all seen the stories about Jesus in a cinnamon roll, or the Virgin Mary in a stain on a window, and they're all getting a bit old. That fervent religious mindset will impose a Christian interpretation on just about any random blob. So here we go again, another unbelievable hallucination.
The religious right is up in arms over this picture, but all it is is a woman, draped in a cloth, with the words "We adore you, Mary" below. Somehow they interpret this to be an assault on their faith, and are protesting it.
I think they are seeing things.
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