A Peruvian woman called Virgin Mary gave birth to a baby boy on Christmas Day and named him Jesus, it has emerged. The baby's father, Adolfo Jorge Huamani, 24, is a carpenter. Virgen Maria Huarcaya delivered the 7.7lb (3.5kg) boy, Jesus Emanuel, in the early hours of Christmas at the central maternity hospital in Lima, the capital. The country's main newspaper said: "Two thousand years later the story of Bethlehem is relived." Mr Huamani said: "A few days ago we had decided to name my son after a professional soccer player. But thanks to a happy coincidence this is how things ended up."