Far out in the South Pacific, there’s a tropical island called Bougainville. Its people are devoutly Catholic — with a twist. Many revere the Virgin Mary almost as much as her son, Jesus. Women are ...
A statue of Saint Ignatius of Loyola in the historic St. Mary's Hall. Photos by Lee Pellegrini. More than one hundred years after it was built, the historic St. Mary’s Hall—home to the Boston College ...
“Tonight, as we accompany the Virgin Mary to her cathedral ... the statue and blessing it with incense. The statue, originally from the Saint-Aignan Chapel on the Île de la Cité, dates ...
Orange and red paint has been thrown over the memorial statue outside St Thomas', while letters in white graffiti have been daubed across its plinth. The Mary Seacole Trust said it believed the ...
On Tuesday, vandals toppled a statue of Mary holding the infant Jesus that stood outside St. Mary’s Immaculate Conception Church, 1405 Fifth Ave., Altoona. Courtesy photo A stealthy act of ...
Officials are trying to determine how a statue of the Virgin Mary was toppled and damaged this past week outside St. Peter Catholic Church in Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood. Maintenance ...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh is on the lookout for someone who vandalized a statue of the Virgin Mary. The vandalism happened at Saint Peter Church on the city's North Side.