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Dinner ladies at a school in Texas claim to have found the image of the Virgin Mary on the bottom of a pizza pan.

After scrubbing failed to shift it, rumour spread of a divine apparation - and now pilgrims are flocking to a makeshift shrine in the cooking tray's honour.

One woman came to the school in Houston seeking healing for her disabled grandson, reports Metro.

School canteen worker Guadalupe Rodriguez, who first spotted the mark on Ash Wednesday, said: "On the third rinse I started watching it, trying to discover what it was. It showed to me like it is the Virgin Mary."

Pupil Anel Villareal said: "They said: 'The Virgin is in the cafeteria' and I ran over there to see. My God, it was the Virgin. I cried when I see her with my own eyes."

Pugh Elementary School principal Lyda Guerrero said: "I think someone is watching over this community and this school district and this school."