A Polish billionaire and his wife have announced plans to build a statue of the Virgin Mary in his home country, measuring a huge 180ft (55m) tall. In comparison, Christ the Redeemer in Rio de ...

AKITA--Just as suddenly as it started, a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary abruptly stopped shedding tears, leaving the sisters and nuns at a Catholic church here without an explanation. From the ...

But the Virgin Mary received faith and joy when the angel Gabriel announced to her the glad tidings that the Spirit of the Lord would come upon her and the power of the Most High would overshadow ...

As a universal symbol of maternal love, as well as of suffering and sacrifice, Mary is often the touchstone of our longing for meaning ... by rosaries and statues of the Virgin.

Konotopie is a small village located between Lipno and Toruń, in the municipality of Kikół. It is here that the construction of the largest statue of Mary in Poland has begun. The structure ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man broke into a Philadelphia church and stole a 125-year-old bejeweled crown from atop a marble statue of the Virgin Mary, city police said Monday. The burglary at St.

(OSV News) — Skiers at Mount Shasta Ski Park in Northern California have a new protector. No, it is not a revamped ski patrol or new lifts; rather, it is a massive statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary ...

Harrison of Boston, to make a horticulturally more appropriate selection. After many revisions, 48 specimens from a list, which by then numbered 500, were planted around a commissioned statue of the ...

OSV News photo/Mt. Shasta Ski Resort Skiers at Mount Shasta Ski Park in Northern California have a new protector. No, it is not a revamped ski patrol or new lifts; rather, it is a massive statue of ...

Poland has begun the construction of a huge Virgin Mary statue that will dwarf Rio's famous Christ the Reedemer. The new construction once finished will be Poland's largest statue of Mary.

The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated annually on November 21st, commemorates the presentation of the Blessed Virgin as a child by her parents in the Temple in ...