Stigmata plot
"The messenger must be silenced."
Priest Andrew Kiernan is sent by the Vatican to Brazil to investigate a blood-weeping statue of the Virgin Mary. Meanwhile, Frankie Page, a young atheist hairdresser, one day shows the signs of the stigmata, the wounds of Christ, for the first time. Priest Kiernan leaves for America to take care of the girl. At first he doubts the authenticity of the wounds as the stigmata never occur in non-believers. However, as the signs become more apparent, Kiernan realizes he is dealing with inexplicable forces that directly confront him with his faith.