A sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus has been ... the diocese said. Johann Hintermaier, episcopal vicar for education, art and culture, apologized to those whom the piece ...

A statue of the Virgin Mary which has apparently begun crying tears of blood is being investigated by church officials in Mexico. The statue shows Mary in her guise as Our Lady of Guadalupe ...

Episcopal Vicar for Education, Art, and Culture Johann Hintermaier denounced the beheading of the Virgin Mary's statue and did confess that they were stirring controversy when they installed the ...

open image in gallery Vandals have beheaded a sculpture featuring the Virgin ... resembled Mary. The episcopal vicar for education, art and culture in the Linz diocese, the Rev. Johann Hintermaier ...

A California family’s unshaken faith emerged in the form of a lone statue of The Virgin Mary — untouched by the relentless flames of southern California’s wildfires — her resilience amid ...

For example, the devotional figure of Mary as the “Lady of All Nations,” a title associated with the visions of Dutch woman Ida Peerdeman, who claimed to have sighted the Virgin 56 times ...