This is the compelling story of the phenomenal events that occurred in Buritaca, Colombia known as 'Loro Santo', or Holy Parrot.

Was Maria lying to hide a despicable secret? Or was she birthing a leader? Extraordinary events unfolded as millions united, chanting one phrase - 'Loro Santo': Holy Parrot.

Buritaca, Colombia: Mary, sixteen, insisted the parrot, known as Gabriel, told her she was to be the mother of a saviour for the new millennium. She said she was a virgin. Pablo, suspected as being the child's father, mysteriously disappeared. Leo Lumière, a student from Australia, was torn between exposing a crime and protecting Maria from those seeking to eliminate her.